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יוצא דופן

yo-TZE DO-fen

Phonetics · yo-TZE DO-fen

Exceptional (rabbinic: born by caesarean).

Register: casual · formalPart of speech: adjectival phraseHebrew (עברית, Ivrit)

"Exceptional" — literally "exits through the wall": the rabbinic caesarean became the everyday superlative.

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Reviewed 2026-07-30

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