What does /bet-ayin-gimel/ mean?
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I'm doing some 1871 vital records translating and have come across a word I can't
define and can't find in my dictionaries. It is spelled bet-ayin-gimel. It is some
type of occupation. Can anyone help?
Ron Doctor
Co-Coordinator, Kremenets Shtetl CO-OP
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In a message dated 11/30/2002 9:25:13 PM Eastern Standard Time,
rond...@earthlink.net writes:
<< I'm doing some 1871 vital records translating and have come across a word
I can't
define and can't find in my dictionaries. It is spelled bet-ayin-gimel. It
is some
type of occupation. Can anyone help? >>
==perhaps
Heb: Ba`al `agalah, a carter/teamster/waggoner. Lit. "owner of a waggon." In
Yiddish, balaguleh
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It might be a misprint of ayin-bet-gimel - Im Bas/Ben Gilo/Giloh - which
literally means *with his/her age mate* but is popular used in wedding
invitations to link the names of the groom and bride and means *with his/her
intended*
The gimel might also be a misprint for a *hey* and thus means Bezrat
Hashem - with G-d's help.
It is important to remember that people in the previous generations
occasionally made spelling misprints as well.
Avrohom Heschel
Brooklyn, NY
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This is what I came up with. So according to the info below, possibly
it is an acronym of some sort.
Bet: the Hebrew equivalent of a B.
Ayin: a Yiddish vowel that seems mostly to be used for the O and Eh
sounds in Yiddish.
Gimel: the Hebrew equivalent of a G.
Sincerely,
Lara Clark
Houston, Texas
Ronald D. Doctor wrote:
>I'm doing some 1871 vital records translating and have come across a word I can't
>define and can't find in my dictionaries. It is spelled bet-ayin-gimel. It is some
>type of occupation. Can anyone help?
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"Ronald D. Doctor" <rond...@earthlink.net> asked:-
>I'm doing some 1871 vital records translating and have
>come across a word I can't define and can't find in my
>dictionaries. It is spelled bet-ayin-gimel. It is some
>type of occupation. Can anyone help?
From the the context it would seem that this is an acronym for Baal
Agoloh - a wagon or coach driver/owner.
Leslie Reich, Manchester, England
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