tefillin
pronunciation
How to pronounce tefillin in British English:
UK [ti:'fɪlɪn]
How to pronounce tefillin in American English:
US [tə'fi'lin]
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- Noun:
- (Judaism) either of two small leather cases containing texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (known collectively as tefillin); traditionally worn (on the forehead and the left arm) by Jewish men during morning prayer
Word Origin
- tefillin (n.)
- 1610s, from Rabbinical Hebrew t'phillim, plural of t'phillah "prayer."