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Where does “חרם” come from?

חרם (Yiddish) comes from Hebrew חֵרֶם — taboo, consecration.

חרם (Yiddish): excommunication, expulsion from the Jewish...

Definitions

  1. excommunication, expulsion from the Jewish...

Ancestry of “חרם”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewחֵרֶםtaboo, consecration
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