מוהל

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
מ־ו־ל (m-w-l)

Noun

מוֹהֵל • (mohél) m (plural indefinite מוֹהֲלִים, singular construct מוֹהֵל־, plural construct מוֹהֲלֵי־, feminine counterpart מוֹהֶלֶת)

  1. (male) mohel

Etymology 2

Root
נ־ח־ל (n-ḥ-l)

Cognate to Classical Syriac ܡܚܠܬܐ (maḥḥalṯā, “sieve”), Arabic مِنْخَل (minḵal, “sieve”).

Alternative forms
  • מוֹחַל (moḥal)

Noun

מוֹהַל • (mohál) m

  1. (Mishnaic Hebrew) sieve, searce

References
  • Fleischer, Heinrich (1883) “Nachträgliches”, in Neuhebräisches und Chaldäisches Wörterbuch über die Talmudim und Midraschim (in German), Leipzig: Verlag von Baumgärtners Buchhandlung, page 305b to Levy, Jacob (1883) Neuhebräisches und Chaldäisches Wörterbuch über die Talmudim und Midraschim (in German), Leipzig: Verlag von Baumgärtners Buchhandlung, page 39a
  • Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 137–138

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew מוֹהֵל (mohél).

Noun

מוהל • (moyel) m, plural מוהלים (moyelim)

  1. mohel, circumcisor
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