emunah

Alternative Spellings

emune, emuna

Definitions

  • "faith"; sometimes contrasted with practical striving in the material world

Example Sentences

  • "You need to have emunah and bitachon [striving]."

Who Uses This

Orthodox

Languages of Origin

Textual Hebrew

Dictionaries

Glinert, JPS, Yiddish

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