English Dictionary

megillah

IPA（発音記号）

/məˈɡɪlə/

名詞

ユダヤ教 特定用法

(Judaism) any of the Five Scrolls of the Hebrew Scriptures (Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther) / (Judaism, specifically) the Book of Esther

日本語の意味

（ユダヤ教）ヘブライ語聖書の五書（雅歌、ルツ記、哀歌、伝道記、エステル記）のいずれか / （特にユダヤ教において）エステル記

She carefully unrolled the megillah and began to read the ancient words aloud.

彼女は慎重に巻物（ユダヤ教の五つの書のうちの一つ）を広げ、古い言葉を声に出して読み始めた。

意味（1）

(Judaism) any of the Five Scrolls of the Hebrew Scriptures (Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther)

Song of Songs, one of the five Megillot (Scrolls) of Ketuvim (Writings) recited either before or after Minhah on the eve of every Sabbath, after the Seder on Passover, and publicly in the synagogue in the Ashkenazic tradition.

意味（2）

(Judaism, specifically) the Book of Esther

megillahs （ plural ）

megillot （ plural ）

megilloth （ plural ）