Jewish Terms and their Meanings
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Group |
Description |
Reference |
| O'ah | An owl. | |
| Ob, Ovoth | A ghost, ghosts | |
| Ohel Mo'ed | Tent of Meeting, referring to the Tabernacle in the wilderness. | |
| Okhlah ve-Okhlah | Early collection of masoretic notes to the Bible text, arranged partly alphabetically and partly in the order of the books of the Bible. | |
| Ol'loth | Imperfect clusters of grapes in a vineyard, | |
| Olam | The world; the age. | |
| Olam ha-ba | The coming world, the equivalent of the Christian "heaven". | |
| Olam ha-zeh | This world. | |
| Oleh | Modern meaning is "a Jew immigrating to Israel for settlement". | |
| Ona'ah | "Overreaching"; the act of wronging another by selling him an article for more than its real worth, or by purchasing from him an article for less than its real worth. | |
| Onah | Sexual activity within marriage; the wife's right to regular sex. | |
| Onatah | A wife's sexual rights, stated in Exodus 21:10. | |
| Onein | Observing times, using astrology. | |
| Onen | Status of a bereaved person in the period between the death and the burial of a close relative; also called "Aninut". | |
| Ones | Duress, compelling a person to act against his will. | |
| Orah Hayyim | Laws concerning the daily commandments. One element of Joseph Caro's four part code of Jewish law. | |
| Orlah | "Uncircumcised"; name of a tractate of the Mishnah. |