b'vakasha

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Pronunciations

b'vakasha (bih-VAH-kah-SHAH) listen

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Definitions

  • adv. Please.

Example Sentences

  • "If you want to hang out here after the lecture, b'vakasha."

  • "If you're determined to do it, then bevakasha." (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Modern Hebrew

Etymology

  • בְּבַקָּשָׁה⁩ b'vakashá, lit. 'in request'

      • Who Uses This

      • Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      b'vakasha, bevakashah

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