mamzerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• mamser, momser, momzer

語源

Borrowed from Hebrew מַמְזֵר (mamzér, “a bastard”).

名詞

mamzer (plural mamzers or mamzerim)

1. (Judaism) A child born to Jewish parents whose relationship is incestuous or otherwise forbidden by Jewish law (e.g. an unmarried man and a married woman), or the descendant of such a person.
   • 2001, David L. Lieber and Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 1122:

     No descendant of a mamzer may ever enter the assembly, no matter how many generations later.

2. (derogatory) A child who is born from an incestuous or adulterous relationship; a bastard.
3. (slang, derogatory) A contemptible person; a jerk.