Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

berit milah

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables: berit mi-lah
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of brit milah.

Example Sentences

"Originally in biblical times berit milah may simply have consisted of cutting the Corlah (foreskin) with a flint knife (Exodus 4:25 and Joshua 5:2). The rabbis of the talmudic period perhaps added peri`ah (the tearing of the genital mucous membrane and laying bare the glans)"

Questions

What does berit milah mean?: Alternative spelling of brit milah.

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