Etymology

mitzvah

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Today it means: Any of the 613 commandments of Jewish law. Full definition →

Hebrew מצווה
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromמצווה“a commandment”
  2. English todaymitzvah

Borrowed from Hebrew מצווה (mitsvá, “a commandment”).

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