Etymology

karet

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Today it means: A severe punishment prescribed for certain offenses, interpreted variously as expulsion or extinction of the soul. Full definition →

Hebrew כָּרֵת
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromכָּרֵת
  2. English todaykaret

Borrowed from Hebrew כָּרֵת (karet).

Words from the same roots

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kareth

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.