zemiroth

or ze·mi·rot

[ Sephardic Hebrew zuh-mee-rawt; Ashkenazic Hebrew zuh-mi-rohs, zmi-ruhs ]

plural noun

, Hebrew.

1. traditional religious songs that are sung by Jews during the evening meal on Friday and the afternoon meal on Saturday.

Word History and Origins

Origin of zemiroth¹

zəmīrōth songs, hymns

Example Sentences

When supper was over, grace was chanted and then the Zemiroth was sung—songs summing up in light and jingling metre the very essence of holy joyousness—neither riotous nor ascetic—the note of spiritualized common sense which has been the key-note of historical Judaism.

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