be mazbir

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Definitions

  • v. To explain.

Example Sentences

  • “Please be mazbir why you were looking through my things.” (Weiser)

  • "I guess 2 ways to be mazbir why make a separate book to come out Friday afternoon of a oisgeshpilta kinus" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish
  • English

Etymology

  • partial English calque of Y מסביר זײַן masber zayn

      • 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

      be masbir, be mazbier, be masbir, be masbier

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