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The English word "megillah" was derived from the Hebrew
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
 "megillah", meaning "scroll." It can refer to:

Bible:






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The English word "megillah" was derived from the Hebrew
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
 "megillah", meaning "scroll." It can refer to:

Bible:
  • The Scroll of Esther (Megillat Esther), read on the Jewish holiday of Purim
    Purim

    Purim is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people of the ancient Persian Empire from Haman 's plot to annihilate them, as recorded in the Hebrew Bible Book of Esther ....
    .
  • Any of the Five Megillot, a group of books in Ketuvim
    Ketuvim

    Ketuvim is the third and final section of the Tanakh , after Torah and Nevi'im. In English translations of the Hebrew Bible, this section is usually entitled "Writings" or "Hagiographa."...
    , the third part of the Tanakh
    Tanakh

    The Tanakh is the Bible used in Judaism. The name "Tanakh" is a Hebrew language Acronym and initialism formed from the initial Hebrew alphabet of the Tanakh's three traditional subdivisions: The Torah , Nevi'im and Ketuvim - hence TaNaKh....
     (Hebrew Bible
    Hebrew Bible

    The term Hebrew Bible is a generic reference to those books of the Bible originally written mostly in Biblical Hebrew with some Biblical Aramaic....
    ).
  • A less common usage refers to a Hebrew scroll on parchment containing other full books from Nevi'im
    Nevi'im

    Nevi'im is the second of the three major sections in the Hebrew Bible, the Tanakh, between the Torah and Ketuvim .Nevi'im is traditionally divided into two parts:...
     or Ketuvim
    Ketuvim

    Ketuvim is the third and final section of the Tanakh , after Torah and Nevi'im. In English translations of the Hebrew Bible, this section is usually entitled "Writings" or "Hagiographa."...
    .


Rabbinic literature:
  • Tractate Megillah
    Megillah (Talmud)

    Megillah is the tenth Talmud of Mishnah in the Order Moed. It and its Gemara deal with the laws of Purim and offers exegetical understandings to the Book of Esther....
     in the Talmud
    Talmud

    The Talmud is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Halakha, Jewish ethics, customs, and history. It is a central text of mainstream Judaism....
    .
  • Megillat Taanit
    Megillat Taanit

    Megillat Taanit is chronicle which enumerates 35 eventful days on which the Jewish nation either performed glorious deeds or witnessed joyful events....
    , a tannaitic
    Tannaim

    The Tannaim were the Rabbinic sages whose views are recorded in the Mishnah, from approximately 70-200 CE. The period of the Tannaim, also referred to as the Mishnaic period, lasted about 130 years....
     document listing Jewish days of celebration.
  • In talmudic jargon, any scroll
    Scroll

    A Scroll is a roll of parchment, papyrus, or paper, which has been drawn or written upon.Scroll may also refer to:*Scroll , the decoratively curved end of the pegbox of string instruments such as violins...
    .