<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>A parchment scroll inscribed on one side with the Biblical passages Deuteronomy 6:4–9 and 11:13–21 and on the other side with the word Shaddai (a name applied to God), inserted in a small case or tube so that Shaddai is visible through an aperture in front, and attached by some Jews to the doorjambs of the home.</li></ul><p><strong>Plural:</strong></p><ul><li>mezuzoth, mezuzot, mezuzos, mezuzahs.</li></ul>