Pronunciations
| goires | (GUY-ress) | listen |
Definitions
v. "To bring out the meaning of a text by imposing some variation in it; render" (Weiser)
v. "To consider to be worthy of one's attention or care; regard, listen to" (Weiser)
Example Sentences
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"When I see a difficult Tosfos, I'm goires the words 'ask Rebbe' into the dibur hamaschil" (Weiser)
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"I tried to ask the Rosh Yeshiva, but he wasn't goires me." (Weiser)
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"The only people on here who celebrate Nittel Nacht are the Chabadskers who aren’t goires the Gregorian Calendar" (source)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
Hebrew גורס gores 'learn, study, determine, maintain'; Yiddish גורס זײַן goyres zayn (periphrastic verb) 'accept, propose (an interpretation, theory)'
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- North America
- Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
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Alternative Spellings
gores, goyres
Notes
This is usually a periphrastic verb.
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