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Hebrew
Etymology 1
Noun
מוֹהֵל • (mohél) m (plural indefinite מוֹהֲלִים, singular construct מוֹהֵל־, plural construct מוֹהֲלֵי־, feminine counterpart מוֹהֶלֶת)
- (Judaism) mohel (male)
Etymology 2
Cognate to Classical Syriac ܡܚܠܬܐ (maḥḥalṯā, “sieve”), Arabic مِنْخَل (minḵal, “sieve”).
Noun
מוֹהַל • (mohál) m
- (Mishnaic Hebrew) sieve, searce
References
- Fleischer, Heinrich (1883) “Nachträgliches”, in Neuhebräisches und Chaldäisches Wörterbuch über die Talmudim und Midraschim (in German), Leipzig: Verlag von Baumgärtners Buchhandlung, page 305b to Levy, Jacob (1883) Neuhebräisches und Chaldäisches Wörterbuch über die Talmudim und Midraschim (in German), Leipzig: Verlag von Baumgärtners Buchhandlung, page 39a
- Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 137–138
Yiddish
Etymology
From Hebrew מוֹהֵל (mohél).
Noun
מוהל • (moyel) m, plural מוהלים (moyelim)
- mohel, circumcisor