bekavod

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Definitions

  • adj. Suitable, fitting, proper.

  • adv. Suitably, fittingly, properly.

  • adv. With honor.

Example Sentences

  • “It's not bekavod for the Rav to have to clean up after Shalosh Seudos." (Weiser)

  • "If we can grow a Shomer Shabbos community to have 1 million families, 25,000 kollel families can be supported BeKavod (with honor)." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH בכבוד > Y בכּבֿוד bekoved

      • 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

      be'kavod, b'kavod, bkavod, bakavod

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