Definition of Haphtarahs

1. haphtarah [n] - See also: haphtarah

Lexicographical Neighbors of Haphtarahs

hapaxes
haphalgesia
haphazard
haphazard sampling
haphazardly
haphazardness
haphazardnesses
haphazardous
haphazardously
haphazardries
haphazardry
haphazards
haphephobia
haphtara
haphtarah
haphtarahs (current term)
haphtaras
haphtarot
haphtaroth
hapkeite
hapkido
hapkidos
hapless
haplessly
haplessness
haplessnesses
haplite
haplites
haplo-
haplobiontic

Literary usage of Haphtarahs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Catalogue of Booksby Sampson Low by Sampson Low (1882)
"8vo, 6s 6d — (H.) Children's Pentateuch, \rith haphtarahs from the Prophets, cr. 8vo, 5s — (J.) Horizontal Wells : a New Application of Geol. ..."

2. Introduction to the New Testament by Theodor Zahn (1909)
"... at this time the Hebrew Bible was unintelligible even to men who studied other parts of the OT besides the biblical pericopes, parashas, and haphtarahs. ..."

3. Catalogue of the Hebrew Books in the Library of the British Museum by Joseph Zedner (1894)
"PENTATEUCH. The Children's Pentateuch. With the haphtarahs . . . Arranged by Mrs. H. Lucas, pp. viii. 569. Eng. London, 1878. 8°. 3155. f. 14. - PENTATEUCH. ..."

4. Outlines of Jewish History, from B. C. 586 to C. E. 1890: With Three Maps by Katie Magnus, Michael Friedländer (1890)
"Besides containing a sort of commentary on each of the haphtarahs, and many mystic and Midrashic expositions on Biblical ..."

5. Simplified Grammar of Hindūstānī: Persian and Arabic by Edward Henry Palmer (1885)
"THE CHILDREN'S PENTATEUCH : With the haphtarahs or Portions from the Prophets. Arranged for Jewish Children. By Mrs. Henry Lucas. ..."

6. A Simplified Grammar of the Swedish Language by Elise C. Otté (1884)
"THE CHILDREN'S PENTATEUCH : With the haphtarahs or Portions from the Prophets. Arranged for Jewish Children. By Mrs. Henry Lucas. ..."

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