goires

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Pronunciations

goires (GUY-ress) listen

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Definitions

  • v. "To bring out the meaning of a text by imposing some variation in it; render" (Weiser)

  • v. "To consider to be worthy of one's attention or care; regard, listen to" (Weiser)

Example Sentences

  • "When I see a difficult Tosfos, I'm goires the words 'ask Rebbe' into the dibur hamaschil" (Weiser)

  • "I tried to ask the Rosh Yeshiva, but he wasn't goires me." (Weiser)

  • "The only people on here who celebrate Nittel Nacht are the Chabadskers who aren’t goires the Gregorian Calendar" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Hebrew גורס gores 'learn, study, determine, maintain'; Yiddish גורס זײַן goyres zayn (periphrastic verb) 'accept, propose (an interpretation, theory)'

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).

      Alternative Spellings

      gores, goyres

Notes

  • This is usually a periphrastic verb.

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