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Yiddish

Yiddish is the "Patois" of languages of every eastern European country with any significant Jewish population during the past 600 years. Dormant for a while after the great Jewish migrations of the early 20th Century and the mass exterminations of the 1930s and 40s, it's experiencing a resurgence today.

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What does beh mean in Yiddish or Hebrew?

beh (בְּ־) is a Hebrew prefix that means "in" or "on"

  • bayit (בית) = house
  • bevayit (בבית) = in a house


Beh has no meaning in Yiddish.

What is the English translation to the yiddish song oy chanukah oy chanukah?

Chanukah, Oh Chanukah

Come light the menorah

Let's have a party

We'll all dance the horah

Gather 'round the table, we'll give you a treat

Dreidels (or Sevivon) to play with, and latkes (or Levivot) to eat

And while we are playing (or dancing)

The candles are burning bright (or low)

One for each night, they shed a sweet light

To remind us of days long ago

One for each night, they shed a sweet light

To remind us of days long ago.

What is the english transliteration of zissen pesach?

zissen pesach already is an English transliteration of the Yiddish זיסן פסח

What is the Yiddish word for brother?

ex-husband = Imehrman (אימערמאַן)

What is Yiddish for disappointed?

The Yiddish word for disappointed is "Ahntoisht".

Is Rebbe Yiddish for Rabbi?

Rebbe is in fact Hebrew for Rabbi, but it has been adopted in Yiddish for lack of a better word.

What is the yiddish word for elderly?

The terms "AHLT", "AHL-tehr", "AHL-teh" literally translate as "old", "old man", "old woman", but

also convey the connotation of elderly, and also possibly the implication of wise because of age.

How did yiddish begin?

During Roman Times, the Holy Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed. This angered the Jews of the area (who by the way spoke Aramaic, a language similar to Hebrew and the lingua franca of the Middle East) so they began leaving Israel for places like Iraq, Turkey Greece, Italy, Egypt, and Persia. Greek and Italian Jews traveled through Europe and by the fall of the Roman Empire ended in France. They spoke a Romance Judeo-Old French type language called "La'az" at the time. After a while, these Jews migrated east to Germany. They adopted the Old High German language spoken at the time, but often mixed in a bit of La'az, Hebrew, and Aramaic and boom! Yiddish was born.

What is the Yiddish word for grandfather?

"Grandfather" in Yiddish is "zeidy" or"zaydeh" or "zeida" (all these spellings are acceptable).

What do you call a female nebbish?

Nebbish is an American word, not a Hebrew or Yiddish one. They pronounce it that way because of the difficulty in enunciating the "kh" sound. The original word is "nebbikh", a Yiddish word meaning "pitiable"; originating in the Hebrew "navokh" which means confused. I don't think the Yiddish colloquialism has a female counterpart.

What does the name Kayem mean?

Kayem, from Kayem Foods Inc., and the Kayem brand of meats is derived from the founder's initials K.M. (Kazimierz Monkiewicz). The letters K.M. are spelled out phonetically to the word or name Kayem. The name is often mispronounced as Kai hem which leads to assumptions that the brand or company is yiddish or hebrew.

How do you say My Friend in Yiddish?

There is no such language as "Jewish". If you meant Hebrew, it depends on your gender and the gender of your friend:

If you are male and your friend is male: chavehr shelcha

If you are male and your friend is female: chavehrah shelcha

If you are female and your friend is male: chavehr shelach

If you are female and your friend is female: chavehrah shelach

Answer:"Yiddish" literally means "Jewish"; so yes, there is a language called Jewish. In Yiddish, "your friend" is Dieneh Froind.

What are examples of Yiddish phrases?

Mazel Tov

Gut Shabbos

It's bashert

Im yirtzeh Hashem

Tatteh zisseh

.....and so on

What does the word Shvis mean in yiddish?

If you mean "schvitz" it is the Yiddish word for "sweat".

Thanks, but I do not mean that. I understand a "shvis" is some kind of head covering worn by religious women. I am seeking a description and/or photograph.

Then maybe you are confounding the words "snood," a head covering sort of like a very loose beret, and loosely knit, that Orthodox women sometimes wear, with "shaytel," the Yiddish word for "wig," which means the wig that Orthodox women use to cover their hair sometimes.

There is no rule for how hair must be covered, among Orthodox Jews, other than that married women must cover their hair.

Yiddish word touques?

Tokhes, which means butt, as in the body part. Sometimes spelled tochus or other variations.

Note: From the Hebrew "TAKH-aht" meaning "under".

What is a Hebrew equivalent of Soibel a Yiddish name that means sustenance?

The closest name I can think of is Khava (which means 'life'). The English version of Khava is Eve.

What is the name in Hebrew that is most like to Allan or Alan and my Hebrew name is ליפה יואל leepeh yoel does it exist in Hebrew or only Yiddish?

As far as the name Alan goes, the closest names in sound would be Ilan (אילן) and Alon (אלון), both meaning "tree".

Yo'el (יואל) is a Hebrew name, and is the name of a prophet. It means "Adonai is our G-d".

Lippah (ליפה) doesn't appear to be Hebrew in origin. It appears to be a Yiddish name.