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Kabbalah Pronunciation
Kabbalah is pronounced kuh-BAH-luh, IPA /kəˈbɑlə/.
kuh-BAH-luh
US /kəˈbɑlə/ · UK /ˈkæbælə/
Syllables: kuh · BAH · luh (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun: The tradition of Jewish mysticism that interprets scripture for hidden meaning.
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Kabbalah in a Sentence
- He spent years studying kabbalah in Safed.
- The lecture traced kabbalah back to medieval Spain.
- Kabbalah is often spelled cabala in older books.
Common Mispronunciations of Kabbalah
Not KA-buh-luh
BAH in the middle carries the word, and the opening beat is a throwaway kuh with no colour of its own.
Not kuh-BA-luh
The loud vowel is the ah of father, long and open, not the flat a of cab.
Tip: British dictionaries also allow front stress, KA-buh-luh, and the spellings kabbala, cabala and qabalah all name the same tradition.
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