to be meayen
Definitions
v. To browse.
v. To investigate.
v. To examine closely, scrutinize.
Example Sentences
“While I was waiting at the store, I was meayen in dozens of seforim.” (Weiser)
“I've been meayen in dozens of seforim and can't find any way to justify what you're doing.” (Weiser)
“I was meayen in their faces to try to see what they were thinking.” (Weiser)
"R Chaim's ikkur madrega was making Torah his one and only focus, and his amala to be meayen all day." (source)
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Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
Y מעיין זײַן meayen 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'ayen
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