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פסח

עברית

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פסח

  • /ˈpe.saχ/ Modern Israeli
  • /paˈsaχ/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

Compare Akkadian 𒉺𒊓𒄴 / 𒉺𒊓𒄷 (passahu, “soothe, make soft”) and Arabic فَسَخَ (fasaḵa, “to annul”). Doublet of פַּסְחָא.

verb פָּסַח · pasákh · לפסוח · לִפְסֹחַ · פְּסִיחָה · פָּסוּחַ

  1. construction pa'al to pass over, skip וְרָאָה אֶת הַדָּם עַל הַמַּשְׁקוֹף וְעַל שְׁתֵּי הַמְּזוּזֹת וּפָסַח יהוה עַל הַפֶּתַח וְלֹא יִתֵּן הַמַּשְׁחִית לָבֹא אֶל בָּתֵּיכֶם לִנְגֹּף

noun פֶּסַח · pésakh · פְּסָחִים · פֶּסַח־ · פִּסְחֵי־ · form פָּסַח

  1. the paschal sacrificial offering מִשְׁכוּ וּקְחוּ לָכֶם צֹאן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיכֶם וְשַׁחֲטוּ הַפָּסַח

proper noun פֶּסַח · pésakh · פְּסָחִים

  1. countable, rare, singular, singular only Passover (Jewish feast / festival / holiday) ערבי פסחים […] לא יאכל אדם עד שתחשך
  2. singular, singular only a male given name, Pesach and Pesah, equivalent to English Pascal מאת ‫רבנו הגאון אדמו״ר מרן צבי פסח פראנק‬ ‫שליט״א

verb פִּסֵּחַ · piséakh

  1. construction pi'el, misspelling defective spelling of פיסח

adjective פִסֵּחַ · piséakh · פִּסְּחָה · פִּסְּחִים · פִּסְּחוֹת

  1. misspelling defective spelling of פיסח

In English

  • Passover one-day Biblical feast or festival during which the firstborn sons of the Israel
  • Pascal male given name

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"פסח." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%97. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {פסח},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%97},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}