keyver

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Pronunciations

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Definitions

  • n. A grave, tomb.

Example Sentences

  • "They were all bearded men on a pilgrimage to the keyver (the gravesite) of Rabbi Chaim Halberstam, the founder of the Hasidic Tzanz dynasty." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH קבר > Y קבֿר keyver

      • 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).

      Alternative Spellings

      kayver, kaiver, keiver, kever

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