moshav
- noun
- /moʊˈʃɑːv/
- The moshav is known for its vibrant community life and shared resources among the farmers.
- moshav members
- moshav women
- work in the moshav
Examples
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The moshav has far outstripped the kibbutz as the model for new agricultural settlements.
Academic text (1996) -
The moshav I studied was categorized as economically unviable and lost its political independence.
Academic text (1990) -
Both have given up additional income and other benefits as moshav members.
Academic text (1990) -
"The houses of the moshav were white and low.
Fiction book (1996) -
Behind this abandoned moshav, there's a side road that leads to a quiet place.
Fiction book (1996) -
Women who worked outside the moshav and earned money generally spent it on household goods and their children's needs.
Academic text (1990) -
I, the farmer from Moshav Masliah, finally love the city, fifteen years after I got here.
Fiction book (1994) -
Another form of agricultural collective arose in the early 1920s, the moshav (literally, settlement).
Academic text (1996) -
Every moshav settler in the Negev is entitled to 21,000 cubic meters of water per year.
Academic text (1990) -
Each family on the moshav manages their own small farm while benefiting from cooperative support.
How Communal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Moshav comes from Hebrew, from the root yashav, which means 'to sit' or 'to live in a place'. So a moshav is literally a 'place to live', which fits its modern meaning as a village of small farms where families live and work together.