shiur

English

Etymology

From Hebrew שִׁעוּר (shi'úr).

Pronunciation

  • (Ashkenazi) IPA(key): /ˈʃiː.ɚ/, /ˈʃiːɹ/, /ˈʃiːʊɹ/, /ˈʃiːɔɹ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈʃiːʊə/, /ˈʃiːuː/[1][2]
  • (US) IPA(key): /ʃiˈʊɹ/[1]
  • Rhymes: -iːuː, -ʊə(ɹ)

Noun

shiur (plural shiurs or shiurim)

  1. (Judaism) A lesson on a topic in the Tanakh.
    • 2009 April 4, Samuel G. Freedman, “A Jewish Holiday, Once Every 28 Years”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      Rabbi Bleich’s theological discourse on the topic, known as a shiur, has been viewed more than 4,000 times and downloaded nearly 1,000 from the Yeshiva University Web site “Torah Online.”

See also

  • dars (a lesson on a topic in the Qurʾān or Sunna)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “shiur”, in Oxford Languages, Oxford University Press.
  2. ^ “shiur, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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