petuhah

P3E1T1U1H4A1H4

noun

An open parashah (a section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh), set apart in roughly the same way as a paragraph would be in modern text.

OriginHebrew פְּתוּחָה →
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Meanings

nounpetuhah (plural petuhot or petuhoth)

plural petuhot · plural petuhoth · alternative petuchah

  1. JudaismAn open parashah (a section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh), set apart in roughly the same way as a paragraph would be in modern text.

Origin

  1. Hebrewפְּתוּחָה“open”
  2. Englishpetuhah

Borrowed from Hebrew פְּתוּחָה (“open”), feminine of פָּתוּחַ.

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petuhah. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petuhah

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “petuhah,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petuhah.

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