dveykus

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Pronunciations

dveykus (DVAY-kiss) listen
dveykus (DVAY-kiss) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Spiritual, religious ecstasy.

  • n. Attachment to God.

Example Sentences

  • "He's no run-of-the-mill Chasidic singer, he says the words with real devekut." (Glinert)

  • "Many Hasidic masters spoke of the importance of dveykus."

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH דבקות devekút, lit. 'cleaving' > Y דבֿקות dvéykes

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      d'vekut, dvekus, d'veykus, dvekut, devekut, deveikut, devakus, dvakus, devakus, dvakus

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