to be meakev
Definitions
v. To be required, necessary.
v. To hinder.
n. A prerequisite.
n. A hindrance, obstacle.
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Example Sentences
“It's meakev to have permission before you leave the yeshiva's property." (Weiser)
“The way the guy next to me was parked was meakev from getting my car out.” (Weiser)
“Being a native-born citizen is a meakev to becoming president.” (Weiser)
“Right now, the only meakev to finishing the building is raising the money.” (Weiser)
"According to the sefer Hilchot Eretz Yisrael, saying the beracha on shechita is meakev." (source)
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Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
Y מעכּבֿ זײַן meakev zayn
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- North America
- Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
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Alternative Spellings
to be me'akev, meakev, me'akev
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