The meaning of MATRILINEAL is relating to, based on, or tracing descent through the maternal line. How to use matrilineal in a sentence. Did you know?
Yet we may note at least one citation om rabbinic literature in which this phrase is in fact used in connection with the conferring of a benefit. Midrash ha-Gadolon Exod. 12:36 discusses the giving to the Israelites of Egyptian plunder that is discussed in the biblical verse: די...