Passover
pronunciation
How to pronounce Passover in British English:
UK [ˈpɑ:səʊvə(r)]
How to pronounce Passover in American English:
US [ˈpæsoʊvə(r)]
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- Noun:
- (Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt
Word Origin
- Passover
- 1530, coined by Tyndale from verbal phrase pass over, to translate Hebrew ha-pesah "Passover," from pesah (see paschal), in reference to the Lord "passing over" the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when he killed the first-born of the Egyptians (Ex. xii).
Example
- 1. But passover is about simple foods-so the simpler the better .
- 2. So she did what an increasing number of jews are doing for passover .
- 3. At the end of a passover meal , they sang a hymn .
- 4. This friday night , jewish families around the world will sit down for the passover seder .
- 5. On the second and third nights , he 'll serve this and other dishes on his passover menu .