Etymograph

English

hekesh

Hekesh comes from Hebrew הֶקֵּשׁ.

  1. Hebrew1880s–presentהֶקֵּשׁhekesh
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1992hekesh

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Hebrew1880s–presentהֶקֵּשׁhekesh
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1992hekesh

Earliest quotation: 1992, Yechezkal Shimon Gutfreund, Not a Charm?: “One SCJ commentator said how he felt that the…”

Today it means

noun Application of a stated law to an unstated but analogous case.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Hebrew הֶקֵּשׁ / hekesh