Etymology

lishmah

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Today it means: for its own sake, purely for the sake of something, without outside influence such as possible rewards Full definition →

Hebrew לִשְׁמָהּ
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The story

  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromלִשְׁמָהּ“to/for her/its name”
  2. English todaylishmah

From Hebrew לִשְׁמָהּ (lishmáh, “to/for her/its name”). See Torah lishmah (“Torah for its own sake”).

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