📚 noun • entry_id 19738
hamsa
/ˈhæm.sə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
jamsa
The Hand of Fatima.
Reverence for the amulets cuts across religious boundaries. Jews come for Kabbalistic bracelets, glass hamsas or strings of ceramic pomegranates.
Variously associated with qualities ranging from warding off evil to promoting fertility, the open hand of the hamsa is thought to have originated in Mesopotamia and is recognized…
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