mohel

American  

[maw-hel, moh-heyl, moh-uhl, moi-, moh-heyl] / mɔˈhɛl, ˈmoʊ heɪl, ˈmoʊ əl, ˈmɔɪ-, ˈmoʊ heɪl /

noun

Hebrew.

mohalim, plural mohels plural

1. the person who performs the circumcision in the Jewish rite of circumcising a male child on the eighth day after his birth.

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mohel British  

/ ˈmɔɛl, mɔɪl /

noun

1. Judaism a man qualified to conduct circumcisions

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• mohels
  plural
• mohalim
  plural

Etymology

Origin of mohel

from Hebrew

Example Sentences

Mohel said an investigation was underway but no information was immediately available on the three people inside the car, what caused the crash or what time it occurred.

From Reuters • Feb. 3, 2011

"I believe it's a local car," Mohel said.

From Reuters • Feb. 3, 2011

"The Mohel who circumcised him did not know his work—" "Come, come!"

From Stories and Pictures by Peretz, Isaac Loeb

Here the Mohel was taken to a palace, in one of whose apartments was the child's mother lying.

From The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology by Hartland, Edwin Sidney

He was a Mohel, and had one pointed, uncut finger nail, and every pinch went to the heart.

From Stories and Pictures by Peretz, Isaac Loeb