Knesset

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Definitions

Example Sentences

  • "The Conversion Bill was removed from the Knesset floor last week."

  • "There were protests by Knesset members of all parties at the orchestra's decision to play Wagner." (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Modern Hebrew

Etymology

  • כְּנֶסֶת knéset, lit. 'assembly, assemblage'; short for כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל knéset yisra'él, lit. 'The Entire Jewish People', a phrase that occurs throughout the Talmud and other Rabbinic literature

      • Who Uses This

      • Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements
      • Non-Jews: (words that have spread outside of Jewish networks)

      Regions

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

      Dictionaries

      • The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      kneset, Kneset, Keneset, keneset

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