halakah
ha.la.kah \ha:-'la:k--*, .ha:-l*-'k-a:\ \h*-'la:k--.o-t(h), .ha:-l*-'ko-t(h)\ \h*-'lak-ik, -'la:k-\ n or ha.la.koth or halkahs [Heb habreve>la-kha-h, lit., way] pl often cap : the body of Jewish law supplementing the scriptural law and forming esp. the legal part of the Talmud often cap - ha.lak.ic aj