עֲקֵדָה
akedah
Religious / SynagogueMeaningThe story in the Bible where Abraham tied up his son Isaac to give him as a gift to God.
HistoryThis word comes from the root for "to tie" or "to bind". In the Bible, in the Book of Genesis, it says Abraham "bound" his son Isaac. Later, people started using the word "Akedah", which means "the binding", to talk about this whole famous story.
Example
בבית הספר למדנו על סיפור העקדה.
In school, we learned about the story of the Binding of Isaac.
