Pronunciations
| bench gomel | (bench GOH-mehl) | listen |
Definitions
v. To say the blessing (called Gomel) said after someone survives a life-threatening situation; often recited pro forma after surviving childbirth or trans-oceanic travel.
Example Sentences
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"It was so moving when Jill benched gomel when little baby Chaya Rivka was named in shul on the Thursday morning after her birth."
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"David was called for an aliyah on Shabbat to bentsch gomel after arriving safely in Australia on his flight from New Zealand."
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"Jack benched gomel after getting into a car accident."
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
Yiddish בענטשן גומל bentshn goyml 'to say the gomel blessing' (the stem of the verb בענטשן is בענטש bentsh); גומל is from Hebrew - a word in the blessing with that name
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- North America
- Australia / New Zealand
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Alternative Spellings
bentsh gomel
Notes
See also bentsh.
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