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- Hebrew · borrowed fromפְּרִיעָה“uncovering”
- English todayperiah
Borrowed from Hebrew פְּרִיעָה (pri'á, “uncovering”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Today it means: a supplementary procedure in the bris following the milah (excision of the akroposthion) where the preputial epithelium of the foreskin is separated from the glans of the penis as a precursor to posthetomy. Full definition →
Hebrew פְּרִיעָה