English
galut
Galut comes from Hebrew גָּלוּת ‘exile’, and goes back to גָּלָה.
- Hebrew1880s–presentגָּלָה‘to be exiled’
- Hebrew, derived1880s–presentגָּלוּת‘exile’
- Englishearliest quotation 1929galut
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Hebrew1880s–presentגָּלָה‘to be exiled’
- Hebrew, derived1880s–presentגָּלוּת‘exile’
- Englishearliest quotation 1929galut
Earliest quotation: 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development: “At times we sense a heavy cloud of melancholy…”
Every English word from Hebrew גָּלָה
Today it means
noun The Jewish Diaspora (dispersion from Israel).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hebrew גָּלָה / galut