Etymology

Ne'ila

Today it means: A Jewish prayer service held at the closing of Yom Kippur, when final prayers of repentance are recited. Full definition →

Hebrew נְעִילָה
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromנְעִילָה
  2. English todayNe'ila

Hebrew נְעִילָה (literally “locking”)

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.