Etymology

pesher

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Today it means: An interpretive commentary on scripture, especially one in Hebrew. Full definition →

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Transliteration of Hebrew פֵּשֶׁר (pēšer, “interpretation, solution”). Popularised after the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.