English Dictionary

Passover

固有名詞

The seven-day (Reform Judaism) or eight-day (Orthodox and Conservative Judaism) Jewish festival of Pesach, commemorating the biblical story of the Exodus, during which the first-born sons of the Israelites were passed over while those of the Egyptians were killed.

日本語の意味

過越祭：ユダヤ教の祭日で、出エジプト記に記されたイスラエルの初め子孫が逃れる際に、エジプト人の初子が討たれたことを記念する。改革派では7日間、正統派や保守派では8日間にわたって行われる。

My family always hosts a large Passover seder where we retell the story of the Exodus and share matzah.

私の家族はいつも、出エジプトを記念する過越祭（ペサハ）の大きなセデルを開き、出エジプトの物語を語り、マツァを食べます。

意味（1）

The seven-day (Reform Judaism) or eight-day (Orthodox and Conservative Judaism) Jewish festival of Pesach, commemorating the biblical story of the Exodus, during which the first-born sons of the Israelites were passed over while those of the Egyptians were killed.

意味（2）

The one-day Biblical feast or festival (not a holy day) that begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month (Nisan 14), which is then immediately followed by the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread (Nisan 15 to 21; the first and seventh days are holy days or annual Sabbaths).

⁵ In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight is the Lord's Passover. ⁶ Then on the fifteenth day of the same month there is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. ⁷ On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work. ⁸ But for seven days you shall present an offering by fire to the Lord. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.

Passovers （ plural ）