Hebrew expression |
Transliteration |
Translation/ sources |
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havdalah |
separation, distinction |
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hivdil |
separate, divide, discern, distinguish |
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nivdal |
to depart from, withdraw, be different, be set apart |
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hevdel |
difference |
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bidel |
differentiate, separate |
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badal |
separated, detached, holding aloof, withdrawn |
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even-habdil |
plummet (Zechariah 4:10) |
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hitbadel |
isolated himself; held himself aloof, disassociate
oneself |
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le-havdil |
to distinguish between, to set aside, to discern,
to separate between; "to separate day from night" (Gen. 1:14) |
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bedilim |
alloys (Isaiah 1:25); sing,
tin |
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lehavdil be'elef-alfei havdalot |
expression used when mentioning a holy and a
profane idea (or a lofty and a banal subject) in the same discussion;
lit,. to separate with 100,000 separations (Agnon) |
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im ein dei'ah, havdalah minayin? |
An uninformed person cannot distinguish between two things;
from a Talmudic discussion about saying Havdalah in the context of the
"honen ha'daat" prayer (JT, Berakhot 9b) |
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yibadel l'hayyim arukim |
May he be set apart for long life! (expression used when mentioning
a living person immediately after the dead) |
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