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Meaning of sotah | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

An ordeal of a woman drinking priest-cursed bitter liquid to determine if she has committed adultery.

Judaism, uncountable

Examples

“The ordeal of the sotah worked only in an age when people believed in its power to expose the guilty and exonerate the innocent.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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