hecher

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adjective

louder

“The baal korei was so shy the tzibbur couldn't hear him, they all kept shouting "hecher! hecher!"”

OriginYiddish העכער →
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Meanings

adjectivehecher (not comparable)
  1. EnglishJewishJudaismnot comparablelouder

    The baal korei was so shy the tzibbur couldn't hear him, they all kept shouting "hecher! hecher!"

  2. EnglishJewishJudaismnot comparablemysterious, obscure, esoteric, arcane
adverbhecher (not comparable)
  1. EnglishJewishJudaismnot comparablelouder

Origin

  1. Yiddishהעכער“higher, louder”
  2. Englishhecher

Borrowed from Yiddish העכער (hekher, “higher, louder”). Doublet of higher.

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MLA

“hecher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hecher. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hecher,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hecher.

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