lemaan Hashem

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Pronunciations

lemaan Hashem (lih-mah-AHN hah-SHEHM) listen

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Definitions

  • adv. "Definitely."

Example Sentences

  • "Lemaan Hashem, our families will have Shabbat dinner this month!"

  • "Raboisai! It’s almost Elul. Enough of this nonsense. Limaan Hashem, we need to do teshuva." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • למען השם lemaan Hashem 'for God's sake'

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
      • Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there

      Regions

      • North America
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).

      Alternative Spellings

      lema-an Hashem, lema'an Hashem, lamaan Hashem, lama'an Hashem, lama-an Hashem, limaan Hashem, lima'an Hashem, lima-an Hashem

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