kol

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Pronunciations

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Definitions

  • n. A voice.

Example Sentences

  • "This month we have heard the kol of the Syrian people crying out in suffering. This is the same kol of Abel’s blood calling out from the earth, the kol of Ishmael that God heard and responded to in the wilderness, Joseph’s sobbing kol that all of Egypt heard when he revealed himself to his brothers, Rachel’s wailing kol longing for the Jewish people in exile." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y קול kol

      • Who Uses This

      • 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).

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