גט

See also: ג־ט

Hebrew

Root
ג־ט־ט (g-ṭ-ṭ)
1 term

Etymology

Probably from Akkadian 𒁍𒁕 (gídda /⁠giṭṭu⁠/, “document or deed written on parchment”), from Sumerian 𒁍𒁕 (gid₂-da, “length”), from Sumerian 𒁍 (gid₂, “to drag, to draw up a document”). Compare Classical Syriac ܓܛܐ (geṭṭā, “will, testament, document”), in other Aramaic dialects, a narrowed sense of "writ of divorce" is attested.

Noun

גֵּט • (gēṭ) m (plural indefinite גיטים / גִּטִּים or גיטין / גִּטִּין, singular construct גֵּט־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

1. (Jewish law) a get, a document effecting the divorce of a wife from her husband

Descendants

• → English: get

See also

• גירושין / גֵּרוּשִׁין

References

• “גט” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• גט on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he
• get (divorce document) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia