tefilla

• tefillah

Borrowed from Hebrew תפילה.

• IPA^(key): /təˈfɪlə/
• Rhymes: -ɪlə

tefilla (countable and uncountable, plural tefillin or tefillos or tefillot or tefilloth) (Judaism)

1. (countable, often in the plural) Synonym of phylactery (“either of two small leather cases containing scrolls with passages from the Torah, traditionally worn by a Jewish man (one on the arm (usually the left) and one on the forehead) and now sometimes by a woman at certain morning prayers as a reminder to obey the law as set out in the Bible”).
2. (uncountable) Intercession, prayer; (countable) a prayer.
   • 2000 August 31, rach...@netmedia.net.il, “MIDEI SHABBOS by Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler - Shoftim”, in alt.religion.judaism.orthodox‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Chazal have said that the Ovos were childless, to induce them to daven for children, because Hashem longs for their tefilos.

• Jewish prayer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from Hebrew תְּפִלָּה.

• IPA^(key): /tə.fiˈlaː/
• Hyphenation: te‧fil‧la

tefilla f (plural tefillot)

1. (Judaism) prayer

   Synonym: tefille

2. (Judaism) Jewish phylactery

   Synonyms: fille, tefille