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bat mitzvah en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /bɑt ˈmɪtsvə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew בַּת מִצְוָה (bát mitsvá, “bat mitzvah, someone who has come of age”).

Meanings

1. (Judaism) A Jewish coming of age ceremony for a girl.
   • Near-synonym: sweet thirteen
2. (Judaism) A girl who has come of age.

Forms

Relateds

bar mitzvah

Synonyms

sweet thirteen

Translations (9)

pl bat micwa (Jewish coming of age ceremony for a girl) · fi bat mitsva (Jewish coming of age ceremony for a girl) · ru бат-мицва (Jewish coming of age ceremony for a girl) · eo batmicvo (Jewish coming of age ceremony for a girl) · ru бат ми́цва (Jewish coming of age ceremony for a girl) · yi בת־מיצווה (Jewish coming of age ceremony for a girl) · he בַּת מִצְוָה (Jewish coming of age ceremony for a girl) · fi bat mitsva (girl who has come of age) · de Bat-Mizwa (Jewish coming of age ceremony for a girl)

bat mitzvah en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /bɑt ˈmɪtsvə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew בַּת מִצְוָה (bát mitsvá, “bat mitzvah, someone who has come of age”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To initiate (someone) in a bat mitzvah ceremony.
   • Though I was bat mitzvah’d, my parents always made it clear that they weren’t big proponents of organized religion either. But being Jewish was still woven into the fabric of my upbringing with rituals, family history and core values. 2022 October 1, Jessica Grose, “Teaching My Kids How to Be Jewish, One Plate of Apples at a Time”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2022:
   • Passing the Congregation Shearith Israel on Central Park West[…], Professor Solanka scurrying through the downpour remembered the newly bat-mitzvahed thirteen-year-old girl he’d glimpsed through the side door, waiting knife in hand for the ceremony of the blessing of the bread. 2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 5:

Forms

Translations (1)

fi tulla bat mitsvaksi (initiate someone in a bat mitzvah ceremony)