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To indicate a double meaning, where both the gematria of the word or phrase should be taken, as well as the plain meaning. For example, to give chai חַ״י (meaning "life" as pronounced, and "eighteen" as a gematria) dollars to tzedakah means to give eighteen dollars to tzedakah, thereby giving another person life, and drawing the blessings ...
Shegetz: (derogatory) a young non-Jewish man (שגץ or שײגעץ, sheygets, from Hebrew: שקץ, shekets, 'abomination'; AHD) Shemozzle: (slang) Quarrel, brawl (perhaps related to schlimazel, q.v.; OED). This word is commonly used in Ireland to describe confused situations during the Irish sport of hurling, e.g. "There was a shemozzle near ...
But it's also a bit odd to say it comes from Yiddish ponem which comes from Hebrew ponem, because it's essentially the same word with the same meaning in all of English, Yiddish, and Hebrew. Seeing as it's clear enough for all the entries in this list that they come from Yiddish, in cases like this especially where the meaning is identical and ...
The main variants of the Hebrew language are: Biblical Hebrew; Sephardi Hebrew; ... Hebrew slang (5 P) Hebrew words and phrases in Jewish law (1 C, 179 P)
The glossary of Hebrew toponyms gives translations of Hebrew terms commonly found as components in Hebrew toponyms. B. Be'er, Beer, plural: Be'erot
In honor of Black Twitter's contribution, Stacker compiled a list of 20 slang words it brought to popularity, using the AAVE Glossary, Urban Dictionary, Know Your Meme, and other internet ...
This is a list of English words of Hebrew origin. Transliterated pronunciations not found in Merriam-Webster or the American Heritage Dictionary follow Sephardic/Modern Israeli pronunciations as opposed to Ashkenazi pronunciations, with the major difference being that the letter taw ( ת ) is transliterated as a 't' as opposed to an 's'.
Getty Images It's no wonder that much of Washington, D.C. and its slang have roots in the world of politics. While some of D.C.'s local lingo has made it to citizens "outside the Beltway" via ...