English

A closed section (setumah) followed by an open section in a modern Torah scroll (closed at Numbers 10:35 and open at 11:1).

Noun

setumah ‎(plural setumot or setumoth)

1. A closed parashah (a section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh), set apart by a space in the middle of the line of text, with the previous portion ending before the space, and the next portion starting after it.

Coordinate terms

• petuhah