בשעת

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Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew בִּשְׁעַת (bish'át, in the hour of).

Pronunciation

Adverb

בשעת (beshas/beshays)

  1. while
    • 1894, שלום־עליכם (sholem-aleykhem, Sholem Aleichem), “קטנתּי (kotonti)”, in טבֿיה דער מילכיקער (tevye der milkhiker, Tevye the Dairyman):
      קָטֹנְתִּי! – באַדאַרף איך אײַך זאָגן מיטן לשון, וואָס יעקבֿ אָבֿינו האָט געזאָגט, בשעת ער האָט זיך געלאָזט גיין קעגן עשׂון, להבֿדיל...
      kotonti! – badarf ikh aykh zogn mitn loshn, vos yankev ovine hot gezogt, bshas er hot zikh gelozt geyn kegn eysevn, lehavdl...
      “I am unworthy!” I allow myself to say to you with the words our Father Jacob said while he was on his way to meet Esau, lehavdil...