behechrach

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Definitions

  • adv. Necessarily.

  • adj. Incontrovertible, "proven undeniably." (Weiser)

Example Sentences

  • “A yeshiva doesn't behechrach have enough dorm space; sometimes there are three and four bochrim to a room.” (Weiser)

  • “You can interpret your father's words as you please, but it was behechrach a demand that you spend more time learning.” (Weiser)

  • "In all three cases, there was, behechrech, a way which we followed, perhaps for hundreds of years." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH בהכרח > Y בהכרח behekhrekh

      • 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

      behekhrakh, b'hechrach, b'hekhrakh, be'hechrach, be'hekhrakh, behechrech, behekhrekh

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