have rachmones on

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Pronunciations

have rachmones on (have ruhkh-MUH-nis on) listen

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Definitions

  • v. To have pity on.

Example Sentences

  • "When I ask you to have rachmones on your partner, I am asking you to understand their suffering." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish
  • English

Etymology

  • E 'have (pity) on' + Y רחמנות rakhmones 'pity'

      • Who Uses This

      • Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
      • 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).
      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
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      Alternative Spellings

      have rachmonis on, have rakhmones on, have rachmunes on, have rakhmunes on, have rachmonus on, have rakhmonus on, have rachmanus on, have rakhmanus on

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