be noykem
Definitions
v. To take revenge; to be vengeful.
Example Sentences
"May HaShem be noikem for all the nasty, anti-semitic treatment he, his family and his parents yichyu had to endure!" (source)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
- English
Etymology
partial English calque of Y נוקם זײַן noykem zayn
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- North America
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
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