to be melamed zechut
Definitions
v. To speak in someone's defense; give the benefit of the doubt.
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Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
Y מלמד־זכות זײַן melamed-skhus zayn
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
- North America
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
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Alternative Spellings
to be melamed zekhut, to be melamed zkhut, to be melamed zchut
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