hizuk

Pronunciations

Definitions

  • n. Encouragement, inspiration, uplifting.

Example Sentences

  • "Pay him a compliment occasionally when he's at the piano—you have to give the kid a chizuk." (Glinert)

  • "I really need some chizuk with unpacking the last 50 cardboard boxes that are still sitting in the living room after our move." (source)

  • "In this series of videos, noted lecturers and rabbis from across the Touro family provide inspiration, chizuk and Pesach resources to better help you and your family remember hope during this bewildering time." (source)

  • "A staple of Thrusday night Mishmar in Yeshiva for Bnei Chutz La'aretz, at 12:07AM students hear words of Chizzuk (the definition of this word is fraught with conflict, and occupies the theme of many Divrei Torah) while eating delicious hot cholent." (source)

  • "I haven’t heard shofar at all this year. I think it would genuinely give me the chizuk to prepare for the High Holidays."

  • "It always gives me such chizuk to daven next to you."

  • "I wanted to understand and relate to my psychedelic experience through a form of religion that on a daily basis gave me daily soulful nourishment and chizzuk." (source)

Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • חיזוק chizzuk 'strengthening' > Y חיזוק khizek

    • 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)

      Regions

      • North America
      • Australia / New Zealand
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      khizzek, hizzek, chizzek, khizek, hizek, chizek, khizzuk, hizzuk, chizzuk, khizuk, chizuk

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