tzedakah Syllabification: (tze·da·kah)Pronunciation: /tsiˈdôkə, tsədäˈkä/Definition of tzedakah noun (among the Jews) charitable giving, typically seen as a moral obligation. Origin:from Hebrew ṣĕḏāqāh 'righteousness'tzedakah in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of tzedakah in the British & World English dictionary