mezuzah

or me·zu·za

[ muh-zooz-uh; Sephardic Hebrew muh-zoo-zah; Ashkenazic Hebrew muh-zoo-zuh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural me·zu·zoth, me·zu·zot, me·zu·zos [m, uh, -zoo-, zawt, m, uh, -, zoo, -zohs]; English me·zu·zahs.

Judaism. a parchment scroll inscribed on one side with the Biblical passages Deuteronomy 6:4–9 and 11:13–21 and on the other side with the word Shaddai (a name applied to God), inserted in a small case or tube so that Shaddai is visible through an aperture in front, and attached by some Jews to the doorjambs of the home.

mezuzah

/ məzʊˈzɑ; -ˈzuː-; məˈzʊzə; məˈzʊzə /

a piece of parchment inscribed with biblical passages and fixed to the doorpost of the rooms of a Jewish house
a metal case for such a parchment, sometimes worn as an ornament