单词 | shabbat goy |
释义 | Shabbat goyn. In Jewish usage: a non-Jewish person who performs for strictly Orthodox Jews tasks forbidden to them on the Sabbath (see Shabbat n.), such as lighting domestic fires. Cf. Shabbat goyah n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > Sabbath > [noun] > secular work done on > person performing Shabbat goy1859 Shabbos goyah1862 Shabbos goy1905 Sabbath goy1977 1859 ‘L.N.R.’ Missing Link xiii. 171 The Exiled Remnant..refuse to snuff a candle or poke the fire, but impatiently call, ‘Shuboth-guy—Shuboth-guy,’ as the stoker passes. 1959 Publ. Amer. Jewish Hist. Soc. 49 273 Orthodox Israelis are compelled to utilize non-Orthodox Jews as their Shabbat-goyim. 2013 Palestine Chron. (Nexis) 25 Mar. Here was a Shabbat goy out-Zionizing the most fanatical Zionist. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1859 |
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