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midrash

noun
mid·​rash | \ ˈmi-ˌdräsh How to pronounce midrash (audio) \
plural midrashim\ mi-​ˈdrä-​shəm How to pronounce midrashim (audio) \

Definition of midrash

1 : a haggadic or halachic exposition of the underlying significance of a Bible text
2 : a collection of midrashim
3 capitalized : the midrashic literature written during the first Christian millennium
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midrashic \ mi-​ˈdrä-​shik How to pronounce midrashic (audio) \ adjective, often capitalized

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 Nor does the average WeWork have a beit midrash, or Jewish study hall, filled with Torah books and other religious texts. — Josefin Dolsten, sun-sentinel.com, "Co-working space is a Jewish take on WeWork," 26 June 2019 At Mt. Sinai, God’s voice, in midrash, was heard communally, but was so overwhelming that only the first letter, aleph, was sounded. — Jerome Groopman, The New Yorker, "The Voices in Our Heads," 9 Jan. 2017

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First Known Use of midrash

1613, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for midrash

Hebrew midhrāsh exposition, explanation

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