Bashefer

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Definitions

  • n. God.

  • n. Creator.

Example Sentences

  • "We have to thank and praise the heilige Bashefer for what took place this Yom Tov of Pesach." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • באַשעפֿער bashefer

      • Who Uses This

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

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      Bahshefer, Basheffer, Bahsheffer

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