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8-letter words that end in ah

  • abdullah — 1882–1951, emir of Transjordan (1921–46) and first king of Jordan (1946–51). He joined the Arab revolt against Turkish rule in World War I; assassinated 1951
  • adonijah — a son of David, put to death at the order of Solomon. II Sam. 3:4; I Kings 2:19–25.
  • al fatah — a Palestinian terrorist organization, founded in 1956, with the aim of destroying the state of Israel: it has splintered into rival factions since 1988
  • athaliah — a daughter of Ahab and Jezebel and usurper of the throne of Judah, reigned 842–837 b.c. II Kings 11:1–3.
  • berachah — berakhah.
  • berakhah — a blessing or benediction, usually recited according to a traditional formula.
  • buraydah — a town and oasis in central Saudi Arabia. Pop: 462 000 (2005 est)
  • chanukah — Chanukah is the same as Hanukkah.
  • chavurah — havurah.
  • chutzpah — If you say that someone has chutzpah, you mean that you admire the fact that they are not afraid or embarrassed to do or say things that shock, surprise, or annoy other people.
  • coolabah — an Australian myrtaceous tree, Eucalyptus microtheca, that grows along rivers and has smooth bark and long narrow leaves
  • coolibah — A northern Australian gum tree that typically grows near watercourses and yields strong, hard timber.
  • copperah — copra.
  • dahabeah — a houseboat used on the Nile
  • fallujah — a town in central Iraq, about 60 km west of Baghdad; a centre of resistance against the US-led invasion (2003) of Iraq; captured by Islamic State in 2014. Pop: 223 000 (2005 est)
  • fujayrah — Al-, one of the United Arab Emirates, on the Gulf of Oman.
  • gedaliah — the governor of Judah after its conquest by Babylon. II Kings 25:22–26.
  • gomorrah — Also, Douay Bible, Gomorrha. an ancient city destroyed, with Sodom, because of its wickedness. Gen. 19:24, 25.
  • habdalah — a religious ceremony, observed by Jews at the conclusion of the Sabbath or a festival, that consists of blessings over wine, spices, and the light of a candle.
  • hadassah — a benevolent organization of Jewish women founded in New York City in 1912 by Henrietta Szold and concerned chiefly with bettering medical and educational facilities in Israel, forwarding Zionist activities in the U.S., and promoting world peace.
  • haftarah — a portion of the Prophets that is chanted or read in the synagogue on the Sabbath and holy days immediately after the Parashah.
  • haggadah — a book containing the liturgy for the Seder service on the Jewish festival of Passover.
  • halachah — Halakhah.
  • halakhah — (often lowercase) the entire body of Jewish law and tradition comprising the laws of the Bible, the oral law as transcribed in the legal portion of the Talmud, and subsequent legal codes amending or modifying traditional precepts to conform to contemporary conditions.
  • hanukiah — a candelabrum having nine branches that is lit during the festival of Hanukkah
  • hanukkah — a Jewish festival lasting eight days, celebrated from the 25th day of the month of Kislev to the 2nd of Tevet in commemoration of the rededication of the Temple by the Maccabees following their victory over the Syrians under Antiochus IV, characterized chiefly by the lighting of the menorah on each night of the festival.
  • haskalah — an 18th–19th-century movement among central and eastern European Jews, begun in Germany under the leadership of Moses Mendelssohn, designed to make Jews and Judaism more cosmopolitan in character by promoting knowledge of and contributions to the secular arts and sciences and encouraging adoption of the dress, customs, and language of the general population.
  • hatikvah — the national anthem of Israel.
  • havdalah — a religious ceremony, observed by Jews at the conclusion of the Sabbath or a festival, that consists of blessings over wine, spices, and the light of a candle.
  • hepzibah — a female given name.
  • hezekiah — a king of Judah of the 7th and 8th centuries b.c. II Kings 18.
  • jephthah — a judge of Israel. Judges 11, 12.
  • jeremiah — a Major Prophet of the 6th and 7th centuries b.c.
  • kabbalah — a system of esoteric theosophy and theurgy developed by rabbis, reaching its peak about the 12th and 13th centuries, and influencing certain medieval and Renaissance Christian thinkers. It was based on a mystical method of interpreting Scripture by which initiates claimed to penetrate sacred mysteries. Among its central doctrines are, all creation is an emanation from the Deity and the soul exists from eternity.
  • kapparah — a ritual performed by some Orthodox Jews before Yom Kippur that consists of swinging a fowl around the head and reciting prayers that symbolically transfer the person's sins to the fowl.
  • kedushah — a liturgical prayer of varying form that is incorporated into the third blessing of the Amidah during the repetition of this prayer by the cantor.
  • kehillah — the organization of the Jewish population of a community that deals with charities and other communal affairs.
  • khadijah — 554–619 ad, the first wife of the Prophet Mohammed, regarded as the first convert to Islam
  • khalifah — Dated form of caliph.
  • madrasah — a school or college, especially a school attached to a mosque where young men study theology.
  • mahallah — A subdivision or neighborhood in various Arabic-speaking countries.
  • mashgiah — an inspector appointed by a board of Orthodox rabbis to guard against any violation of the Jewish dietary laws in food processing plants, meat markets, etc., where food presumed to be kosher is prepared or served for public consumption.
  • masoolah — an Indian surfboat with many oars
  • mastabah — Alt form mastaba.
  • megillah — Slang. a lengthy, detailed explanation or account: Just give me the facts, not the whole megillah. a lengthy and tediously complicated situation or matter.
  • mehitzah — a curtain or other divider that serves as a partition between the women's and the men's sections in Orthodox Jewish synagogues.
  • meneptah — Merneptah.
  • meshugah — Alternative form of meshugge.
  • nehemiah — a Hebrew leader of the 5th century b.c.
  • padishah — (often initial capital letter) great king; emperor (a title applied especially formerly to the shah of Iran, the sultan of Turkey, and to the British sovereign as emperor in India).

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