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Carissa (Greek: Καρισσα, also transliterated as Charissa or Karissa) is a feminine given name of Greek origin derived from Greek χαρις (charis) meaning "grace." It can also be translated as "beloved."
Karissa is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Karissa Boudreau (died 2008), Canadian murder victim; Karissa Cook, American volleyball player; Karissa Sanbonmatsu, American biologist; Karissa Schweizer, American runner; Karissa Whitsell, American cyclist; Karissa and Katie Strain, Canadian actresses
In Hebrew, Keisha is likely derived from Keziah, [1] a Hebrew term that means ‘restored to the heart of God.’ Keziah, in the Hebrew Bible, was the daughter of Job (Job 42:14–17) (1). The meaning ‘restored to the heart of God’ refers to Job’s restoration after the trials he encountered in the first phase of his life. [citation needed]
Gaily wrapped baskets of sweets, drinks and other foodstuffs given as mishloach manot on Purim day. Mishloach manot (Hebrew: משלוח מנות [miʃˈlo.aχ maˈnot], literally, 'sending of portions'; also spelled and pronounced mishloach manos), or sh(a)lach mones (Yiddish: שלח־מנות Yiddish pronunciation: [ʃ(a)ɫaχˈmɔnəs]), and also called a Purim basket, are gifts of food or ...
Balabusta (Yiddish: בעל־הביתטע) is a Yiddish expression describing a good homemaker.The transliteration according to YIVO Standard orthography is baleboste. The expression derives from the Hebrew term for "home owner" or "master of the house" – the Hebrew compound noun בַּעַל הַבַּיִת bá'al habáyit (lit: "master of the house") was borrowed in its masculine from and ...
The term is used 29 times in the Masoretic Text of the Tanakh. An unrelated homonym , the noun herem meaning "fisherman's net" (also חֵרֶם), is used a further 9 times. [ 4 ] The adjective herem and the associate verb haram ("devote") come from the Semitic root Ḥ-R-M , with cognates in the Syriac and Arabic languages .
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The word semikhah derives from a Hebrew root סמכ (smk) that means to "rely on", in the sense of "lean on", or "to be authorized"; the literal meaning of semikhah is "leaning [of the hands]". Semikhah may refer to the "conferring" of the ordination, or as a noun, to the certification itself, where the plural is Semakhot (or Semachot ); one ...