galutとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Hebrew גָּלוּת (“exile”).

発音

• IPA: /ɡəˈluːt/

名詞

galut (plural galuts)

1. The Jewish Diaspora (dispersion from Israel).
   • 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 391:

     At times we sense a heavy cloud of melancholy settling upon the spiirit, as a result of century-long suffering under the pressure of the Golus.

   • 1998, Dovid Rossoff, Where Heaven Touches Earth, page viii:

     Our forefathers, who fell away from serving the Almighty properly, caused its destruction and incurred the curse of galus.