midrash

Definition of Midrash in English :

1. midrash

(Judaism) an ancient commentary on part of the Hebrew scriptures that is based on Jewish methods of interpretation and attached to the biblical text

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Midrash

nounWord forms: plural midrashim (mɪˈdrɔʃɪm , Hebrew midraˈʃim) Judaism

1.

a homily on a scriptural passage derived by traditional Jewish exegetical methods and consisting usually of embellishment of the scriptural narrative

2.

one of a number of collections of such homilies composed between 400 and 1200 ad

nounWord forms: plural midˈrashim (mɪdˈrɑʃɪm ; midräˈshim) or midˈrashoth (mɪdˈrɑʃoʊt ; midräˈshōt)

Judaism

any of the rabbinical commentaries and explanatory notes on the Scriptures, written between the beginning of the Exile and c. a.d. 1200

n. pl. Mid·rash·im (mĭd-rôshĭm, mĭd′rä-shēm)

Any of a group of Jewish commentaries on the Hebrew Scriptures compiled between AD 200 and 1200 and based on exegesis, parable, and haggadic legend.