עונג

Hebrew

Root
ע־נ־ג (ʿ-n-g)
3 terms

Noun

עונג / עֹנֶג • (óneg) m [pattern: קֹטֶל]

1. pleasure
   • Tanach, Isaiah 58:13, with translation of the King James Version:

     אִם־תָּשִׁיב מִשַּׁבָּת רַגְלֶךָ עֲשׂוֹת חֲפָצֶיךָ בְּיוֹם קָדְשִׁי וְקָרָאתָ לַשַּׁבָּת עֹנֶג לִקְדוֹשׁ יְהוָה מְכֻבָּד וְכִבַּדְתּוֹ מֵעֲשׂוֹת דְּרָכֶיךָ מִמְּצוֹא חֶפְצְךָ וְדַבֵּר דָּבָר׃

     If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:

Derived terms

• עונג שבת

References

• H6027 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew עונג.

Noun

עונג • (oyneg) m

1. pleasure; enjoyment

   Synonyms: תּענוג (tayneg), פֿאַרגעניגן (fargenign)

Derived terms

• עונג־שבת (oyneg-shabes, “Honouring the Sabbath”)

References

• Steven A. Jacobson (1998), A Guide to the More Common Hebraic Words in Yiddish, 5th edition, Fairbanks, AK: National Yiddish Book Center, →ISBN, page 135