שואה

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Hebrew

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Root
שׁ־א־ה (sh-ʾ-h)

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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שׁוֹאָה • (sho'á) f (plural indefinite שׁוֹאוֹת, singular construct שׁוֹאַת־, plural construct שׁוֹאוֹת־)

  1. a catastrophe, a ruin
  2. (slang) something hard, unbearable

Proper noun

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הַשּׁוֹאָה • (hasho'á) f

  1. (history) Shoah (the systematic mass murder of six million Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany shortly before and during World War II)

Descendants

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  • → English: Shoah
  • → French: Shoah
  • → German: Schoah

Further reading

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