אשם תלוי

Hebrew

Etymology

Literally, “suspended guilt-offering”.

Noun

אָשָׁם תָּלוּי • (ashám talúy) m

  1. (Jewish law) a guilt offering to be offered when one is in doubt as to the commission of a sinful act

References

  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 129
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