kol hakavod

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Pronunciations

kol hakavod (KOHL ha-ka-VOHD) listen

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Definitions

  • interj. Congratulations, well done.

Example Sentences

  • "Kol HaKavod on that class presentation."

  • "Meet Vivienne. She just finished her Ph.D." "Oh wow, kol ha-kavod!" (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Modern Hebrew

Etymology

  • כל הכבוד kol hakavód 'all the respect'

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
      • Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

Notes

  • Sometimes used ironically.

    See also kavod.

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