tefilla
English

father and son wearing tefillin
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /təˈfɪlə/
- Rhymes: -ɪlə
Noun
tefilla (countable and uncountable, plural tefillot or tefilloth or tefillin)
- (countable, often in the plural) The Jewish phylactery, consisting of small boxes containing portions of the Torah worn most commonly during prayer by Jewish men and some Jewish women.
- Synonym: phylactery
- (uncountable) The Jewish concept of prayer.
Translations
phylactery — See also translations at phylactery
Further reading
Jewish prayer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tə.fiˈlaː/
- Hyphenation: te‧fil‧la
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