mitzvah

Questions about mitzvah

What does mitzvah mean?

mitzvah means "(Judaism) a precept or commandment of the Jewish law". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mitzvah?

mitzvah has 2 syllables: mitz-vah. The stress falls on "mitz". In IPA it is /ˈmɪtsvə/.

What is another word for mitzvah?

Close synonyms include mitsvah, mitsvah. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mitzvah a common word?

mitzvah is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.