How to Pronounce “mitzvah

word

/ˈmɪtsvə/
MITS-vuh
/mˈɪtsvɐ/
MITS-vuh

IPA Transcription

American English

/ˈmɪtsvə/

British English

/mˈɪtsvɐ/

Simplified Pronunciation

US

MITS-vuh

UK

MITS-vuh

Listen in Context

Doing a mitzvah is important in Jewish culture.

Helping the poor is considered a mitzvah.

Lighting candles on Friday night is a mitzvah.

It’s such a mitzvah to visit lonely people in the hospital.