BAAL SHEM-TOV


Meaning of BAAL SHEM-TOV in English

Ashk. Heb. /bahl" shem"tohv", -tohv'/ ; Seph. Heb. /bahl" shem"tawv", -tawv'/ , ( Israel ben Eliezer ) ( "Besht" )

c1700-60, Ukrainian teacher and religious leader: founder of the Hasidic movement of Judaism.

Also, Baal Shem-Tob .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .