"peshat" meaning in English

See peshat in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Hebrew פְּשָׁט. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|he|פְּשָׁט}} Hebrew פְּשָׁט Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} peshat (uncountable)
  1. (Judaism) A method of interpretation of a text using the face-value, literal meaning. Tags: Judaism, uncountable Categories (topical): Judaism Synonyms: p'shat
    Sense id: en-peshat-en-noun-p0~cJKvu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for peshat meaning in English (1.2kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "פְּשָׁט"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew פְּשָׁט",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hebrew פְּשָׁט.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "peshat (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Judaism",
          "orig": "en:Judaism",
          "parents": [
            "Abrahamism",
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page xx",
          "text": "We use the tools of modern-day p'shat to recover ancient Scripture.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A method of interpretation of a text using the face-value, literal meaning."
      ],
      "id": "en-peshat-en-noun-p0~cJKvu",
      "links": [
        [
          "Judaism",
          "Judaism"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Judaism) A method of interpretation of a text using the face-value, literal meaning."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "p'shat"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Judaism",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "peshat"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "פְּשָׁט"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew פְּשָׁט",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hebrew פְּשָׁט.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "peshat (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from Hebrew",
        "English terms derived from Hebrew",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Judaism"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page xx",
          "text": "We use the tools of modern-day p'shat to recover ancient Scripture.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A method of interpretation of a text using the face-value, literal meaning."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Judaism",
          "Judaism"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Judaism) A method of interpretation of a text using the face-value, literal meaning."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Judaism",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "p'shat"
    }
  ],
  "word": "peshat"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-06 using wiktextract (6c02f21 and 0136956). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.