Etymology

Baal-Shem-Tov

Today it means: Israel ben Eliezer, founder of the modern Hassidic movement of Judaism. Full definition →

Hebrew בעל־שם־טוב
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  1. Hebrew · derived fromבעל־שם־טוב
  2. English todayBaal-Shem-Tov

From Hebrew בעל־שם־טוב, meaning “master of the good name”.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.