nedava

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Pronunciations

nadava (neh-DUH-vuh) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A donation, especially in memory of someone who has died.

Example Sentences

  • "Who can I call at the shul to give a nadava in memory of him?"

  • "What kind of nedava should I give for being called to the Torah? Twenty dollars? Fifty dollars?" (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH נְדָבָה nedava > Y נדבֿה nedove

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      nadavah, nadeve, nadave, nadaveh, nadeveh, nedove, nedoveh, nadava

Notes

  • plural: 'nedavot' or 'nedoves'

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