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כנסיה

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Hebrew

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Root
כ־נ־ס (k-n-s)
14 terms

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Compare Arabic كنيسة.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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כנסיה / כְּנֵסִיָּה (knesiyáf (plural indefinite כנסייות / כְּנֵסִיּוֹת, singular construct כנסיית / כְּנֵסִיַת־, plural construct כנסייות / כְּנֵסִיּוֹת־)

  1. (Mishnaic Hebrew) gathering, union
  2. (Modern Israeli Hebrew) church

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Klein, Ernest (1987) “כְּנֵסִיָּה”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 280c
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 650a
  • כנסיה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

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