kivyakhol

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Definitions

  • n. Substitute or euphemism for God's name, similar to Hashem.

  • adv. As if; so to speak; metaphorically.

Example Sentences

  • "Kavayachol, Hashem feels the pain of every Jew who suffers." (Weiser)

  • "Only difference is that your chances for success, are alot in your hands, and in HaShems Kavyochel, hands." (source)

  • "But now thanks to this project, we have so to speak incentivized Kavyachol to make even more shidduchim because He sees all of Klall Yisroel voluntarily getting involved" (source)

  • "In Yiddish the expression evolved into kavyokhl, and can be used as noun, in place of God's name like hashem: you can say 'hot kavyokhl gezogt' for 'God said.'" (source)

  • "and this is how the kavyochel instituted the domem is food for the tzomeach the tzomeach for the chai and the chai for the (highest) the medaber" (source)

  • "The Gemora says the Shechinah grows when a Jew is born, which means it 'shrinks', kavyochel, from the world, when one goes away." (source)

  • "We are suggesting that the 3 weeks of mourning, are parallel to the 3 roars that Hashem roars kevyochel every night 3 times like a lion, expressing his pain on the destruction of the Beis hamikdosh!" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH כביכול kivyakhol 'as if it were' > Y כּבֿיכול kavyokhl

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
      • Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).

      Alternative Spellings

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