mohel

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  1. noun One who performs circumcision on a Jewish male as a religious rite.

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  1. Mishnaic Hebrew môhēl, active participle of māhal, to circumcise, from Aramaic məhal; akin to Biblical Hebrew māl.

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  1. Hebrew mul, to cut off.
 

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/ˈmoʊhɛl/
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