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Pronunciations

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Definitions

  • n. A miracle.

Example Sentences

  • "Hashem made a nes."

  • "I don't know what's the bigger nes—the Scuds not exploding or the Patriots not exploding." (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH נס nes > Y נס nes

      • 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

      ness, neis, nais, nays, neys

Notes

  • plural: 'nisim'

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