Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural The tassels of twisted cords or threads on the corners of the upper garment worn by strict Jews. The Hebrew for this word is translated in both the Authorized and Revised Versions (Deut. xxii. 12) by the word “fringes.”
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- noun Alternative form of
tzitzit .
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Examples
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A man needs zizith "(a fringed undergarment that the Torah commands men to wear; the commandment says that the fringes, which have to show, are to be worn" that ye may look upon [them] and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them; and ... seek not after your own heart ... which ye use to go a-whoring ").
Chicago Reader 2010
sionnach commented on the word zizith
the fringes at the corner of a tallith.
March 25, 2008
mollusque commented on the word zizith
Another transliteration is "tsitsit", with the i's pronounced as long e's.
March 25, 2008