shochet

[ Sephardic Hebrew shaw-khet; Ashkenazic Hebrew shoh-kheyt, shoi-khit; English shoh-khit ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Hebrew.

, plural shoche·tim [shoh, kh, -, teem], English sho·chets.

shochet

/ ˈʃɒkɛt; ˈʃɒxɛt /

(in Judaism) a person who has been specially trained and licensed to slaughter animals and birds in accordance with the laws of shechita

Origin of shochet¹

C19: from Hebrew, literally: slaughtering

Heyman, Heinrich Wilhelm David, son of a shochet (slaughterer) in poor circumstances.

What exactly I proposed to do to help him, I don't know, but something drove me after the poor Shochet.

Even the Shochet sometimes goes away for a whole week, so when should they find time to quarrel?

The Shochet is not at home, he has gone to a neighboring village; that is why the calf is still lowing in the house.

The only people who remain to be envied are our two young men, the Shochet's son with the Shochet's son-in-law.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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