yesh me'ayin

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Pronunciations

yesh me-ayin (YEHSH meh-AH-yeen) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Something out of nothing, ex nihilo.

Example Sentences

  • "You can imagine democracy in Czechoslovakia because they have a tradition of it, but in some eastern European countries it would have to be a case of yesh me-ayin..." (Glinert)

  • "Chassidic thought explains that these questions and the resolution to them stem from the fact that our world was created yesh me’ayin, something from nothing." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • יש מאין

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      yesh me-ayin, yesh meayin

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