milchemet chovah

English

Noun

milchemet chovah

  1. (Judaism) A war commanded by God.
  2. (Judaism) A war fought out of necessity.
    • 1995, Jeffrey S. Gurock, Marc Lee Raphael, An Inventory of Promises: Essays on American Jewish History : in Honor of Moses Rischin, Carlson Pub, →ISBN:
      The war in Southeast Asia, far from being a milchemet chovah in the defense of South Vietnam, is a milchemet reshut against the entire civilian population of all Vietnam.
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