shkiah
Pronunciations
| shkiah | (SHKI-uh) | listen |
Definitions
n. Sunset; when Shabbat or yontif officially starts and after which it is no longer halachically permissible to light candles.
Example Sentences
"Turn the oven off! Shkiah is in five minutes."
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
TH שְׁקִיעָה shki'áh (from שְׁקִיעַת הַחַמָּה shki'at hachamah 'the sinking of the sun') > Y שקיעה shkie
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
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- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
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Alternative Spellings
shekia, shekiah, shkie, shkieh, shki'a, shki'ah, shkia, shkiyah, shkiya
Notes
See also licht bentschen and eighteen minutes.
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