keli
Pronunciations
kli | (klee) | listen |
Definitions
n. Vessel to receive a blessing.
Example Sentences
"It's not enough to ask for a bracha; you have to make a keli."
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
כלי keli (Textual Heb.) keyle (Yid.) 'vessel'
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
- View More
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
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Alternative Spellings
keyle
Notes
Pl. keilim/keylim.
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