jes

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A form of JE — A hypothetical intermediate stage in the development of the Torah, consisting of a combination of the Jehovist (J) and Elohist (E) sources.

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Meanings

jes1

adverbjes (not comparable)
  1. not comparablepronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of just, representing African-American Vernacular English

    "We's gwing ter get thoo dis jes fine. De lawd woan gives you mo' dan you kin tek. Jes trust in him, chile, an eve'thing bes awright."

    2021 July 10, Judith Ann McDowell, Fated Memories
    1 more example

    Up thoo de lawn an' 'twixt de trees, jes' like a spring-time rivah breeze, dat youngster comes a-troopin' - I think he had de boldes' step a tired infant evah kep', an' nary bit er droopin'.

    1885, William Lightfoot Visscher, Black Mammy: A Song of the Sunny South in Three Cantos; and My Village Home, page 35

JEs2

noun
  1. pluralplural of JE
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APA

jes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jes

MLA

“jes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jes. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jes,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jes.

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