Bat Chayil

noun (sometimes not capitals) Judaism

(in some congregations) a ceremony of confirmation for a girl of at least Bat Mitzvah age
the girl herself

Also called: Bat Hayil

Word Origin

from Hebrew, literally: daughter of valour

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