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davka

Hebrew

specifically, precisely, of all things

There's no clean English word for this one, so don't trust anyone who gives you a one-word translation. Davka means something like "specifically" or "precisely," but with an edge of contrariness built in, it happened this way and not another way, often out of spite or stubbornness. "It rained davka on the day of the wedding" means the rain seemed to be showing up on purpose to ruin things.