Galuth
or Ga·lut, ga·lut
[ Sephardic Hebrew gah-loot; Ashkenazic Hebrew, gaw-luhs ]
/ Sephardic Hebrew gɑˈlut; Ashkenazic Hebrew, ˈgɔ ləs /
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noun (sometimes lowercase)Hebrew.
the forced exile of Jews, especially from countries where they were most persecuted.
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Origin of Galuth
gālūth literally, exile
Words nearby Galuth
Galt, Galton, galtonia, galumph, Galuppi, Galuth, galv, Galvani, galvanic, galvanic battery, galvanic couple
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How to use Galuth in a sentence
Galuth was a word freighted with emotional meaning to our fathers.
A Thousand Years of Jewish History|Maurice H. (Maurice Henry) Harris