malekh
Definitions
n. (literally and figuratively) An angel.
Example Sentences
"We were too small to carry our own Torah scroll, so we made a malekh, or angel, instead. We put aside our little flags and candles for the moment. An adult would gather six or eight us together. He would throw a prayer shawl over us, while he carried a Torah scroll. It was as if all of us were dancing with his one Torah." (source)
"That was a narrow escape - you must have a malach looking after you." (Glinert)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
TH מלאך malakh > Y מלאך malekh
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- North America
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
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Alternative Spellings
malach, malakh, malech
Notes
See also malach ha-mavet.
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