lekoved - Jewish English Lexicon

lekoved

Definitions

prep. In honor of.
prep. On the occasion of.

Example Sentences

As the message attached to a donation: "Lekoved Rav and Rebbetzin Bienstock!!!" (source)
"Lekoved Chanukah we will have an additional Redt-A- Shidduch raffle and you can win $360." (source)

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Languages of Origin

Textual Hebrew
Yiddish

Etymology

Y לכּבֿוד lekoved

Who Uses This

Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

Regions

North America

Dictionaries

Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

Alternative Spellings

l'koved, l'kavod, lekavod

Notes

See also koved.

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