sakones nefoshes

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Definitions

  • n. Extreme danger.

Example Sentences

  • "His 'oilom' is populated by sinas chinom and pure unadulterated,good old fashioned hatered and this in a time of sakones nefoshes for klall Yisrol both in the physical and spiritual realms." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y סכּנת־נפֿשות sakones-nefoshes

      • 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

      sakonas nefoshas, sakones nefeshes

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