English
psak
Psak comes from Hebrew פְּסָק ‘a ruling, a decision’.
- Hebrew1880s–presentפְּסָקp'sák‘a ruling, a decision’
- Englishearliest quotation 1999psak
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Hebrew1880s–presentפְּסָקp'sák‘a ruling, a decision’
- Englishearliest quotation 1999psak
Earliest quotation: 1999, Yisroel Markov, Personal Kiddush: “By the end of the meal one of them…”
Every English word from Hebrew פְּסָק
Today it means
noun A decisive rabbinic ruling on halachic law.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hebrew פְּסָק / psak