befeirush

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Definitions

  • adj. Expressed clearly; explicit.

  • adv. Exactly as intended; explicitly.

Example Sentences

  • “The Rosh Yeshiva said befeirush that no one can stay in the Beis Medrash past midnight.” (Weiser)

  • “There is a befeirushe ban on smoking in the yeshiva.” (Weiser)

  • "Heresy. The system was brought down from Har Sinai, as is befeirush in my kid's preschool parsha sheet which depicts Moshe Rabbeinu wearing a shtreimel." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH בפירוש > Y בפֿירוש befeyresh

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).

      Alternative Spellings

      befeirushe, b'feirush, b'feirushe, befeirusheh, b'feirusheh

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