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to mitzvahed

to mitzvahed

9.9
To take part in a Jewish ceremony that marks becoming an adult usually at age thirteen
  • verb
  • /mɪtsˈvɑːhɛd/
translation icon : haber sido bar o bat mitzvá
  • Many young Jewish boys are mitzvahed at the age of thirteen during a special ceremony.

And I wasn't bar mitzvahed, which was in my neighborhood.

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Examples

  • I wasn't bar mitzvahed because of bar mitzvahs where you're right, relatives and there was no relatives to invite.

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  • And I wasn't bar mitzvahed, which was in my neighborhood.

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  • He was finally mitzvahed after years of preparation and study.

  • After being mitzvahed, she felt a great sense of pride in her heritage.

Surface Forms

mitzvahed infinitive
mitzvahed past
mitzvahed past participle
mitzvahed present participle
mitzvahed third person singular

Morphology

mitzvahed = mitzvah (transparent) = mitzvah + ed

Formed from the noun 'mitzvah' with the regular English verbal/past-participle suffix '-ed', so the meaning ('to have undergone a mitzvah') is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word mitzvahed comes from the Hebrew word mitzvah, which means 'commandment' or 'good deed', and from the phrase bar/bat mitzvah, the ceremony at about age thirteen when a child becomes responsible for Jewish rules. So, to be mitzvahed is to have had that coming-of-age ceremony and to be 'one who has the commandment'.