keilu

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Definitions

  • conj. As though; as if it were that.

Example Sentences

  • “My chavrusa attacked my svara keilu I was the biggest idiot in the world.” (Weiser)

  • "The Gemara answers that teaching Torah is not teaching tiflut rather it’s keilu, akin, to teaching tiflut (Sotah 21b)." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH כּאילו > Y כּאילו keile

      • 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

      ke'ilu

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