Definition
A specialist in halakah; a Jewish scholar expert in the interpretation and application of Jewish religious law.
Etymology
From halakah (Jewish law) plus -ist (one who practices). This variant of 'halakhist' reflects alternative transliteration preferences for Hebrew.
Kelly Says
The variations (halakist, halakhist, halachist) show how Hebrew transliteration creates multiple scholarly terms for the same specialist—it's like different academic traditions using different English spellings.
Translations
ARالعربية
حلاكيست
ḥalākiːst
BNবাংলা
হালাকিস্ট
ha-la-kisht
CACatalà
halakista
ha-la-ki-sta
CSČeština
halakist
ha-la-kist
DADansk
halakist
ha-la-kist
DEDeutsch
Halakist
ha-la-kist
ELΕλληνικά
χαλακιστής
xa-la-kistees
ESEspañol
halakista
ha-la-kee-sta
FAفارسی
حلاکیست
ḥalākiːst
FISuomi
halakist
ha-la-kist
FRFrançais
halakiste
a-la-kee-st
HEעברית
חלאקיסט
ḥalakiːst
HIहिन्दी
हलकीस्ट
halakīsta
HUMagyar
halakist
ha-la-kist
IDBahasa Indonesia
halakist
ha-la-kist
ITItaliano
halakista
ha-la-kee-sta
KKKK
халакист
kha-la-kist
KMKM
ហាលាគីស្ត
ha-la-kīst
KO한국어
하라키스트
hara-ki-seu-teu
MSBahasa Melayu
halakist
ha-la-kist
MYမြန်မာ
ဟလာကိစ္
hala-keci
NLNederlands
halakist
ha-la-kist
NONorsk
halakist
ha-la-kist
PLPolski
halakist
ha-la-kist
PTPortuguês
halakista
ha-la-ki-sta
RORomână
halakist
ha-la-kist
RUРусский
халакист
kha-la-kist
SVSvenska
halakist
ha-la-kist
SWKiswahili
halakist
ha-la-kist
TAதமிழ்
ஹாலாகிஸ்ட்
hālāgīst
TEతెలుగు
హలకీస్ట్
hala-kīst
THไทย
ฮาลาคิสต์
ha-la-kit
TRTürkçe
halakist
ha-la-kist
UKУкраїнська
халакист
kha-la-kist
VITiếng Việt
halakist
ha-la-kist
ZH中文
哈拉基斯特
hā lā jī sī tè