levaye
Pronunciations
levaye | (leh-VAY-yuh) | listen |
Definitions
n. Funeral.
Example Sentences
"The levaye is at 3:00 PM with shiva at the house at 4:30."
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
Heb לוויה levayá (commonly הלוויה halvayá in Modern Hebrew) 'funeral', Yiddish לוויה leváye, derived from the Hebrew verb ללוות lelavót 'to accompany'
- 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
levaya, levayah, l'vaya
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