mezakeh

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Pronunciations

mezakeh (mi-ZAH-keh) listen

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Definitions

  • v. To acquire; strengthen.

Example Sentences

  • "One can ask someone else to be mezakeh an eruv for him or her self." "It's a tremendous mitzvah to be mezakeh the community with meaningful literature."

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Heb מזכה mezaké 'grant, provide; acquit' (infinitive לזכות lezakót), Yiddish מזכּה זײַן mezáke zayn 'to favor, provide' (a periphrastic verb with invariant Hebrew element)

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • None

      Alternative Spellings

      mzakeh, m'zake, m'zakeh

Notes

  • Always used as a periphrastic verb (with the verb "to be")

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