Hoshana Rabbah

or Ho·sha·nah Rab·bah

[ Sephardic Hebrew haw-shah-nahrah-bah; Ashkenazic Hebrew hoh-shah-naw rah-baw ]

/ Sephardic Hebrew hɔ ʃɑˈnɑ rɑˈbɑ; Ashkenazic Hebrew hoʊˈʃɑ nɔ ˈrɑ bɔ /

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noun

the seventh day of the Jewish festival of Sukkoth, occurring on the twenty-first day of Tishri and having a special liturgy containing a series of invocations to God for forgiveness and salvation.

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Origin of Hoshana Rabbah

<Hebrew hōsh(i) ʿāh nnā save, we pray + rabbā the myriad, multitude

Words nearby Hoshana Rabbah

Hosea, hosecock, hosel, hoser, hosey, Hoshana Rabbah, hosier, hosiery, hosing, hosp., hospice

How to use Hoshana Rabbah in a sentence

Rabbah of Ammon was to become, "A stable for camels and couching place for flocks" (Ezekiel xxv, 5).
Gospel Philosophy|J. H. Ward
Rabbah was to be a sheep-fold, Babylon a menagerie of wild beasts—a very specific difference and very improbable.
Gospel Philosophy|J. H. Ward
But it could not be Moses that said this, because Moses could know nothing about Rabbah, nor of what was in it.
The Writings of Thomas Paine, Volume IV.|Thomas Paine
And David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
Biblical Extracts|Robert Cooper

When David arrived at Rabbah with fresh troops, he succeeded in subduing the whole town, and in obtaining rich booty.
History of the Jews, Vol. I (of 6)|Heinrich Graetz