midrash
/ˈmɪdrɑːʃ/noun
midrash is spelled M-I-D-R-A-S-H: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,894th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, midrash means “Alternative letter-case form of Midrash” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of midrash is midrashim or midrashot.
How many letters and syllables are in midrash?
| Letters | 7: M-I-D-R-A-S-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 62,894th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is midrash?
Midrash appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,894th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce midrash?
- /ˈmɪdrɑːʃ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Midrash.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of midrash
- midrashim plural
- midrashot plural
- midrashoth plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does midrash mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of Midrash.
noun
- 1
A Rabbinic commentary on a text from the Hebrew Scripture.
- 2
The Rabbinic technique or tradition of such exegesis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Midrash in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Rabbinic exegetical commentary:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Midrash |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does midrash come from?
From Hebrew מִדְרָשׁ (midrásh, “Midrash”), in turn from Aramaic דרש.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).