מזוזה

Etymology
Perhaps from the root, forming words relating to moving, compare with. Related to 🇨🇬. The “mezuzah” sense is an ancient but post-Biblical extension of the “doorpost” sense, referring to Deuteronomy 6:9.

Noun

 * 1) A doorpost, a doorjamb: either of the upright posts on either side of a door, which together support a lintel.
 * 2) * Exodus 12:7:
 * וְלָקְחוּ מִן־הַדָּם וְנָתְנוּ עַל־שְׁתֵּי הַמְּזוּזֹת וְעַל־הַמַּשְׁקוֹף עַל הַבָּתִּים אֲשֶׁר־יֹאכְלוּ אֹתוֹ בָּהֶם׃
 * v'lak'khú min-hadám v'nat'nú al-shtéi ham'zuzót v'al-hamashkóf al habatím ashér-yokh'lú otó bahém.
 * And they shall take of the blood, and strike [it] on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
 * 1) * Deuteronomy 6:6–9:
 * וְהָיוּ הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם עַל־לְבָבֶךָ׃ וּכְתַבְתָּם עַל־מְזוּזֹת בֵּיתֶךָ וּבִשְׁעָרֶיךָ׃
 * v'hayú had'varím ha'éle ashér anokhí m'tsav'khá hayóm al-l'vavékha. ukh'tavtám al-m'zuzót beitékha uvish'arékha.
 * And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
 * 1) A mezuzah: a small scroll containing seven verses from the book of Deuteronomy, which are placed in the upper part of the right-hand doorpost at the entrance to a Jewish home.

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