MAMZER

Etymology

Noun

mamzer (plural mamzers or mamzerim)

A child who is born out of wedlock, from an incestuous or adulterous relationship or from parents of different faiths; a bastard.

A contemptible person; a jerk.

(Judaism) A child born to Jewish parents whose relationship is forbidden by Jewish law, such as an unmarried man and a married woman, or whose mother is a mamzer. The term is often mistranslated as bastard.

Source: Wiktionary


Mam"zer, n. Etym: [Heb. mámz.]

Definition: A person born of relations between whom marriage was forbidden by the Mosaic law; a bastard. Deut. xxiii. 2 (Douay version).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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