דת

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דת

/dat/ Modern Israeli

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (dʾt' /⁠dāt, dād⁠/, “law, justice”), Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎫𐎶 (d-a-t-m /⁠dātam⁠/), a cognate of English data and date.

Semantic shift from "law" to "religious law" to "religion".

noun דָּת · dat · דָּתוֹת · דַּת־

religion מעשה במרים בת בילגה שהמירה דתה, והלכה ונשאת לסרדיוט אחד ממלכי יוונים
Biblical, archaic a law
Similar: חוק, דִּין

In English

religion system of beliefs dealing with soul, deity and/or life after death
creed that which is believed
faith religious belief system

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {דת},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%93%D7%AA},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}