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melamed

or me·lam·med

[Sephardic Hebrew muh-lah-med; Ashkenazic Hebrew muh-lah-mid]
noun, plural me·lam·dim [Sephardic Hebrew muh-lahm-deem; Ashkenazic Hebrew muh-lahm-dim] /Sephardic Hebrew mə lɑmˈdim; Ashkenazic Hebrew məˈlɑm dɪm/. Hebrew.
  1. a teacher in a Jewish school, especially a heder.
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Origin of melamed

məlammēd literally, teacher
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