yeshue

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Definitions

  • n. Salvation.

Example Sentences

  • "This may not be a hard rule, but I've always considered yeshu'a to be associated with physical salvation and geulah to be spiritual redemption." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y ישועה yeshue

      • 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).

      Alternative Spellings

      yeshueh

Notes

  • See also geulah.

    Not to be confused with the Yiddish name for Jesus, ישו yishu/yeyshu.

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