Passover的词源
英文词源
- Passover




- 1530, coined by Tyndale from verbal phrase pass over, to translate Hebrew ha-pesah "Passover," from pesah (see paschal), in reference to the Lord "passing over" the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when he killed the first-born of the Egyptians (Ex. xii).
中文词源
pass,经过,over,结束。该节日为犹太教最重要的节日之一,讲述的是耶稣为使埃及人得到应有的惩罚,要杀死所有埃及家庭的长子,为避免使犹太人受到误杀,告诫犹太人在家门口作上标记。对应希伯来语pesah,逾越,词源同paschal.
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