Mohel Definition
mōhĕl, -ĕl, moil
mohel, mohelim, mohels
noun
A person qualified to perform the brith milah, or rite of circumcision.
Webster's New World
pronoun
One of the (maj) islands of the Comoros.
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Other Word Forms of Mohel
Noun
Singular:
mohel
Plural:
mohelim, mohelsOrigin of Mohel
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Mishnaic Hebrew môhēl active participle of māhal to circumcise from Aramaic məhal by-form of Biblical Hebrew māl (perhaps originally “to remove the front”) perhaps from môl in front ℵwl in Semitic roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Hebrew מוהל, possibly via Yiddish מוהל.
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