peshat

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Definition of peshat

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Judaism, uncountable)A method of interpretation of a text using the face-value, literal meaning.
    “We use the tools of modern-day p'shat to recover ancient Scripture.”

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Etymology

From Hebrew פְּשָׁט.

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