הלכה

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ה־ל־ך (h-l-k)

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ha.laˈχa/, [a.laˈχa]

Noun

הֲלָכָה • (halakhá) f (plural indefinite הֲלָכוֹת, singular construct הִלְכַת־, plural construct הִלְכוֹת־)

1. (Judaism, uncountable) Halacha: Jewish law, taken as a whole.
2. (Judaism, countable) Halacha: a Jewish law.

Derived terms

• הִלְכָתִי (hil'khatí)
• מִדְרַשׁ הֲלָכָה

Etymology 2

Root
ה־ל־ך (h-l-k)

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /halˈχa/, [alˈχa]

Verb

הָלְכָה • (hal'khá)

1. Third-person feminine singular past (suffix conjugation) of הָלַךְ (halákh)

   היא הלכה הביתה אחרי שאכלה.

   She went/walked home after eating/after she ate.

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew הֲלָכָה (halakhá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alaˈxa/

Noun

הלכה f (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling alaha)

1. Halacha

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew הֲלָכָה (halakhá)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haˈɫɔχə/

Noun

הלכה • (halokhe) f, plural הלכות (halokhes)

1. Halacha

Derived terms

• הלכהש (halokhish)