midrash

1. 1.

   (Judaism) an ancient commentary on part of the Hebrew scriptures that is based on Jewish methods of interpretation and attached to the biblical text

   Broadercomment

   Judaism

Other forms of midrash

plural

midrashim

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about midrash

What does midrash mean?

midrash means "(Judaism) an ancient commentary on part of the Hebrew scriptures that is based on Jewish methods of interpretation and attached to the biblical text".

How many syllables are in midrash?

midrash has 2 syllables: mi-drash. The stress falls on "mi".

Is midrash a common word?

midrash is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.