gabbain.

Brit.

/ˈɡabʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈɡæˌbaɪ/

Inflections: Plural gabbaim Brit.

/ˈɡabʌɪɪm/,

/ˌɡabʌɪˈiːm/, U.S.

/ˈɡæˌbaɪəm/,

/ˌɡæbaɪˈim/, gabbais.

Forms: 1700s– gabay, 1800s– gabai, 1800s– gabbai, 1800s– gabbay. Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Hebrew. Etymons: Hebrew gabbay, gabbāy.

Etymology: < post-biblical Hebrew gabbay, gabbāy, (Sephardic) gabāy synagogue treasurer (post-Talmudic), specific semantic development of gabbay, gabbāy tax collector (Mishna) < gabā to collect (taxes, especially money).Compare Aramaic gabbāy lictor, tax collector ( < gĕbā to collect (taxes, especially money)). In plural form gabbaim after the Hebrew plural form gabbaīm.

Judaism.

Originally: the treasurer of a synagogue. In later use usually: a person who assists with the running of a synagogue or its services; esp. one who organizes and supervises the reading of the Torah during a service. Cf. shamash n. 1.

ΚΠ

1745 Let. (London Metropolitan Archives LMA/4521/A/03/02/001/020) (heading) To the Parnassim & Gabay of the Portuguese Jews Synagogue in London.

1856 Friend of Israel Mar. 177 [They] were required to give their names and residences to the Gabai, by whom they were communicated to the Rabbi.

1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto I. 97 Michael Birnbaum was a great man in the little local synagogue... He had been successively Gabbai and Parnass, or treasurer and president.

1961 S. J. Citron Dramatics for Creative Teaching iv. 106 The Gabbai is calling the names of the people who are to come up, take a Torah scroll and walk with it in the procession.

1992 S. Heilman Defenders of Faith v. 79 On the rebbe's left stood what looked like a cadre of gabbaim.

2017 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 19 Apr. b12 Dr. Keltz was a leader and gabbai every week at Lincoln Park Jewish Center.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gabbai
释义	gabbain. Brit. /ˈɡabʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈɡæˌbaɪ/ Inflections: Plural gabbaim Brit. /ˈɡabʌɪɪm/, /ˌɡabʌɪˈiːm/, U.S. /ˈɡæˌbaɪəm/, /ˌɡæbaɪˈim/, gabbais. Forms: 1700s– gabay, 1800s– gabai, 1800s– gabbai, 1800s– gabbay. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Hebrew. Etymons: Hebrew gabbay, gabbāy. Etymology: < post-biblical Hebrew gabbay, gabbāy, (Sephardic) gabāy synagogue treasurer (post-Talmudic), specific semantic development of gabbay, gabbāy tax collector (Mishna) < gabā to collect (taxes, especially money).Compare Aramaic gabbāy lictor, tax collector ( < gĕbā to collect (taxes, especially money)). In plural form gabbaim after the Hebrew plural form gabbaīm. Judaism. Originally: the treasurer of a synagogue. In later use usually: a person who assists with the running of a synagogue or its services; esp. one who organizes and supervises the reading of the Torah during a service. Cf. shamash n. 1. ΚΠ 1745 Let. (London Metropolitan Archives LMA/4521/A/03/02/001/020) (heading) To the Parnassim & Gabay of the Portuguese Jews Synagogue in London. 1856 Friend of Israel Mar. 177 [They] were required to give their names and residences to the Gabai, by whom they were communicated to the Rabbi. 1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto I. 97 Michael Birnbaum was a great man in the little local synagogue... He had been successively Gabbai and Parnass, or treasurer and president. 1961 S. J. Citron Dramatics for Creative Teaching iv. 106 The Gabbai is calling the names of the people who are to come up, take a Torah scroll and walk with it in the procession. 1992 S. Heilman Defenders of Faith v. 79 On the rebbe's left stood what looked like a cadre of gabbaim. 2017 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 19 Apr. b12 Dr. Keltz was a leader and gabbai every week at Lincoln Park Jewish Center. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1745
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