Midrash
[Sephardic Hebrew mee-drahsh; Ashkenazic Hebrew mi-drahsh] /Sephardic Hebrew miˈdrɑʃ; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈmɪ drɑʃ/
noun, plural midrashim
[Sephardic Hebrew mee-drah-sheem; Ashkenazic Hebrew mi-draw-shim] /Sephardic Hebrew mi drɑˈʃim; Ashkenazic Hebrew mɪˈdrɔ ʃɪm/ (Show IPA), midrashoth, midrashot, midrashos
[Sephardic Hebrew mee-drah-shawt; Ashkenazic Hebrew mi-draw-shohs] /Sephardic Hebrew mi drɑˈʃɔt; Ashkenazic Hebrew mɪˈdrɔ ʃoʊs/ (Show IPA)
1.
an early Jewish interpretation of or commentary on a Biblical text, clarifying or expounding a point of law or developing or illustrating a moral principle.
2.
(initial capital letter) a collection of such interpretations or commentaries, especially those written in the first ten centuries a.d.
/ˈmɪdræʃ; Hebrew miˈdraʃ/
noun (Judaism) (pl) midrashim (mɪˈdrɔʃɪm; Hebrew) (midraˈʃim)
1.
a homily on a scriptural passage derived by traditional Jewish exegetical methods and consisting usually of embellishment of the scriptural narrative
2.
one of a number of collections of such homilies composed between 400 and 1200 ad
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