zemiroth

American  

[zuh-mee-rawt, zuh-mi-rohs, zmi-ruhs] / zə miˈrɔt, zəˈmɪ roʊs, ˈzmɪ rəs /

Or zemirot

plural noun

Hebrew.

1. traditional religious songs that are sung by Jews during the evening meal on Friday and the afternoon meal on Saturday.

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Etymology

Origin of zemiroth

zəmīrōth songs, hymns

Example Sentences

When supper was over, grace was chanted and then the Zemiroth was sung—songs summing up in light and jingling metre the very essence of holy joyousness—neither riotous nor ascetic—the note of spiritualized common sense which has been the key-note of historical Judaism.

From Project Gutenberg