Moshav Definition

mō-shäv
moshav, moshavim
noun
In Israel, a type of settlement consisting of individual leaseholds farmed cooperatively.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Moshav

Noun

Singular:
moshav
Plural:
moshavim, moshavs

Origin of Moshav

  • Modern Hebrew môšāb from Hebrew dwelling from yāšab to sit, dwell wṯb in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Hebrew מוֹשָׁב"Ž (mosháv, “village", literally “settlement").

    From Wiktionary

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