Eikhah

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Pronunciations

Eikhah (AY-khuh) listen

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Definitions

Example Sentences

  • "Look, I didn't fast at all. And I left the Eikhah reading before the kinnot because it was so damn hot and my shul doesn't have AC." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • אֵיכָה 'how' from Eikhah's incipit

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).

      Alternative Spellings

      Eichah, Eikha, Eicha

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