"מזוזה" meaning in Hebrew

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        "2": "ז־ו־ז",
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      "name": "l"
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        "1": "he",
        "2": "ז־ז",
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      },
      "expansion": "ז־ז \\ ז־ו־ז (z-z / z-w-z)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "זָז",
        "gloss": "to move",
        "tr": "zaz"
      },
      "expansion": "זָז (zaz, “to move”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "akk",
        "2": "𒍇",
        "t": "standing",
        "tr": "manzazu 􂀿URU×MIN􂁀"
      },
      "expansion": "Akkadian 𒍇 (manzazu [URU×MIN], “standing”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Root\n ז־ו־ז (z-w-z)\nPerhaps from the root ז־ז \\ ז־ו־ז (z-z / z-w-z), forming words relating to moving, compare with זָז (zaz, “to move”). Related to Akkadian 𒍇 (manzazu [URU×MIN], “standing”). The “mezuzah” sense is an ancient but post-Biblical extension of the “doorpost” sense, referring to Deuteronomy 6:9.",
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      "form": "מְזוּזָה",
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m'zuzá",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְזוּזוֹת",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְזוּזַת־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְזוּזוֹת־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "cons": "מזוזת",
        "conswv": "מְזוּזַת־",
        "g": "f",
        "pl": "מזוזות",
        "plcons": "מזוזות",
        "plconswv": "מְזוּזוֹת־",
        "plwv": "מְזוּזוֹת",
        "tr": "m'zuzá",
        "wv": "מְזוּזָה"
      },
      "expansion": "מְזוּזָה • (m'zuzá) f (plural indefinite מְזוּזוֹת, singular construct מְזוּזַת־, plural construct מְזוּזוֹת־)",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And they shall take of the blood, and strike [it] on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.",
          "ref": "Exodus 12:7",
          "roman": "v'lak'khú min-hadám v'nat'nú al-shtéi ham'zuzót v'al-hamashkóf al habatím ashér-yokh'lú otó bahém.",
          "text": "וְלָקְחוּ מִן־הַדָּם וְנָתְנוּ עַל־שְׁתֵּי הַמְּזוּזֹת וְעַל־הַמַּשְׁקוֹף עַל הַבָּתִּים אֲשֶׁר־יֹאכְלוּ אֹתוֹ בָּהֶם׃"
        },
        {
          "english": "And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: […] And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.",
          "ref": "Deuteronomy 6:6–9",
          "text": "וְהָיוּ הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם עַל־לְבָבֶךָ׃ […] וּכְתַבְתָּם עַל־מְזוּזֹת בֵּיתֶךָ וּבִשְׁעָרֶיךָ׃\nv'hayú had'varím ha'éle ashér anokhí m'tsav'khá hayóm al-l'vavékha. […] ukh'tavtám al-m'zuzót beitékha uvish'arékha."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A doorpost, a doorjamb: either of the upright posts on either side of a door, which together support a lintel."
      ],
      "id": "en-מזוזה-he-noun-kCHsH~oO",
      "links": [
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          "doorpost",
          "doorpost"
        ],
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          "doorjamb",
          "doorjamb"
        ]
      ]
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        },
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          "_dis": "28 72",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 72",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
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            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
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        },
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          "_dis": "21 79",
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          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ז־ו־ז",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Judaism",
          "orig": "he:Judaism",
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            "Abrahamism",
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mezuzah: a small scroll containing seven verses from the book of Deuteronomy, which are placed in the upper part of the right-hand doorpost at the entrance to a Jewish home."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "mezuzah",
          "mezuzah"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "מזוזה"
}

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    "Hebrew feminine nouns",
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    "Hebrew nouns",
    "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ז־ו־ז",
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      "name": "l"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "זוז"
      },
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      "name": "HE root"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "ז־ז",
        "3": "ז־ז \\ ז־ו־ז",
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      },
      "expansion": "ז־ז \\ ז־ו־ז (z-z / z-w-z)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "זָז",
        "gloss": "to move",
        "tr": "zaz"
      },
      "expansion": "זָז (zaz, “to move”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "akk",
        "2": "𒍇",
        "t": "standing",
        "tr": "manzazu 􂀿URU×MIN􂁀"
      },
      "expansion": "Akkadian 𒍇 (manzazu [URU×MIN], “standing”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Root\n ז־ו־ז (z-w-z)\nPerhaps from the root ז־ז \\ ז־ו־ז (z-z / z-w-z), forming words relating to moving, compare with זָז (zaz, “to move”). Related to Akkadian 𒍇 (manzazu [URU×MIN], “standing”). The “mezuzah” sense is an ancient but post-Biblical extension of the “doorpost” sense, referring to Deuteronomy 6:9.",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m'zuzá",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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    },
    {
      "form": "מְזוּזוֹת",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְזוּזַת־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְזוּזוֹת־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "cons": "מזוזת",
        "conswv": "מְזוּזַת־",
        "g": "f",
        "pl": "מזוזות",
        "plcons": "מזוזות",
        "plconswv": "מְזוּזוֹת־",
        "plwv": "מְזוּזוֹת",
        "tr": "m'zuzá",
        "wv": "מְזוּזָה"
      },
      "expansion": "מְזוּזָה • (m'zuzá) f (plural indefinite מְזוּזוֹת, singular construct מְזוּזַת־, plural construct מְזוּזוֹת־)",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And they shall take of the blood, and strike [it] on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.",
          "ref": "Exodus 12:7",
          "roman": "v'lak'khú min-hadám v'nat'nú al-shtéi ham'zuzót v'al-hamashkóf al habatím ashér-yokh'lú otó bahém.",
          "text": "וְלָקְחוּ מִן־הַדָּם וְנָתְנוּ עַל־שְׁתֵּי הַמְּזוּזֹת וְעַל־הַמַּשְׁקוֹף עַל הַבָּתִּים אֲשֶׁר־יֹאכְלוּ אֹתוֹ בָּהֶם׃"
        },
        {
          "english": "And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: […] And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.",
          "ref": "Deuteronomy 6:6–9",
          "text": "וְהָיוּ הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם עַל־לְבָבֶךָ׃ […] וּכְתַבְתָּם עַל־מְזוּזֹת בֵּיתֶךָ וּבִשְׁעָרֶיךָ׃\nv'hayú had'varím ha'éle ashér anokhí m'tsav'khá hayóm al-l'vavékha. […] ukh'tavtám al-m'zuzót beitékha uvish'arékha."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A doorpost, a doorjamb: either of the upright posts on either side of a door, which together support a lintel."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "doorpost",
          "doorpost"
        ],
        [
          "doorjamb",
          "doorjamb"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A mezuzah: a small scroll containing seven verses from the book of Deuteronomy, which are placed in the upper part of the right-hand doorpost at the entrance to a Jewish home."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mezuzah",
          "mezuzah"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "מזוזה"
}