yiras shamayim

Definitions

• "awe of heaven"

Example Sentences

• "The school tried to instill yiras shamayim and ahavas Hashem [love of God]."

Languages of Origin

• Textual Hebrew

Etymology

• יראת שמים

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).

Alternative Spellings

yires shomayim, yiras shomayim, yirat shamayim