yiras shamayim

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Pronunciations

yiras shamayim (YIH-rahs shuh-MAH-yeem) listen
yirat shamayim (yeer-AHT shah-MAH-yeem) listen
yirat shamayim (yee-RAT shah-MAH-yim) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Fear of God; peity.

Example Sentences

  • "The school tried to instill yiras shamayim and ahavas Hashem."

  • "Let all my children live, and may no child die, that we may live to raise them to toyre, to the khupe, and to maysim toyvim, with yires shomayim." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH יראת שמים yirát shamáyim > Y ייִראת־שמים yires-shomaim

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America
      • Australia / New Zealand
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      yires shomayim, yiras shomayim, yirat shamayim

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