sotah

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noun

An ordeal of a woman drinking priest-cursed bitter liquid to determine if she has committed adultery.

OriginHebrew סוֹטָה →
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Meanings

nounsotah (uncountable)
  1. JudaismuncountableAn ordeal of a woman drinking priest-cursed bitter liquid to determine if she has committed adultery.

    The ordeal of the sotah worked only in an age when people believed in its power to expose the guilty and exonerate the innocent.

    2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 796

Origin

  1. Hebrewסוֹטָה“adulteress”
  2. Englishsotah

Borrowed from Hebrew סוֹטָה (“adulteress”).

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“sotah.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sotah. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sotah,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sotah.

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