ישיבה

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ישיבה

/je.ʃiˈva/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

Action noun of יָשַׁב (yasháv, “to sit”).

The modern, secularized sense as "board meeting" might be a semantic loan from German Sitzung.

noun יְשִׁיבָה · yeshivá · יְשִׁיבוֹת · יְשִׁיבַת־ · יְשִׁיבוֹת־

sitting
Judaism yeshiva (academic institution for the study of Jewish texts)
Modern Israeli meeting (gathering among business people to discuss their business)
Similar: פְּגִישָׁה

In English

meeting gathering for a purpose
session period devoted to a particular activity
yeshiva academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts

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"ישיבה." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%91%D7%94. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

ישיבה. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%91%D7%94

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"ישיבה." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%91%D7%94.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {ישיבה},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%91%D7%94},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}