"mitzvah" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: mitzvahs [plural], mitzvoth [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew מצווה (mitsvá, “commandment”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|he|מצווה||commandment|tr=mitsvá}} Hebrew מצווה (mitsvá, “commandment”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|mitzvoth}} mitzvah (plural mitzvahs or mitzvoth)
  1. (Judaism) Any of the 613 commandments of Jewish law. Tags: Judaism Categories (topical): Judaism Translations (any of the 613 commandments of Jewish law): mitsvà [feminine] (Catalan), mitzvah [feminine] (French), Mitzwa [feminine] (German), micwa [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-mitzvah-en-noun-y4hbvqkX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 92 8 Disambiguation of 'any of the 613 commandments of Jewish law': 99 1
  2. (Judaism) An act of kindness, a good deed. Tags: Judaism Categories (topical): Judaism Translations (an act of kindness): mitzvah [feminine] (French), Mitzwa [feminine] (German), micwa [feminine] (Polish), sevap (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-mitzvah-en-noun-QY5Ziv1U Disambiguation of 'an act of kindness': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bark mitzvah, bar mitzvah, bas mitzvah, bat mitzvah, milchemet mitzvah

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