sod

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sod (SOD) listen

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Definitions

  • n. The hidden or mystical meaning of a passage in the Torah or another sacred text.

  • n. A secret.

Example Sentences

  • "My students were completely focused on the peshat of the pasuk, but I suggested that they direct their attention toward the sod instead."

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH סוֹד 'secret' (first sense: the last element of the acronym פרד״ס pardes, which refers to the four approaches to biblical exegesis) > Y סוד sod

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa
      • Australia / New Zealand

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).

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