bekies

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Pronunciations

bekies (beh-KEE-ihs) listen

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Definitions

  • n. One's range of knowledge.

  • n. Broad but not deep knowledge.

  • n. Proficiency, adeptness.

Example Sentences

  • "Daf yomi is a good way to get bekius in gemara."

  • "Jesse has bekius in hilchos nisuin."

  • "He learns bekius in the morning just to be prepared for shiur."

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH בקיאות > Y בקיאות bekies 'knowledge, expertise (in)'

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).

      Alternative Spellings

      bekiut, b'kius, b'kiut, bekiess, bekiyus, bekius

Notes

  • The opposite of bekius is iyun / 'iyyun (עיון), which suggests a deeper but not as far-reaching knowledge.

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