mise meshune

Alternative Spellings

missa me'shunah, mita meshuna, missa meshuna, mitta meshuna, missa me'shunah, mita meshunah, missa meshunah, mitta meshunah, misa meshunah, Misah meshunah, missah me'shuna, mitah meshuna, missah meshuna, mittah meshuna, missah me'shunah, mitah meshunah, missah meshunah, mittah meshunah, misah meshunah, miessa meshina, mise meshine, Misa meshuna

Definitions

• horrible, violent, or unnatural death, often used as a curse

Example Sentences

• "Er zol chappen a misa meshuna bekarov" (he should get a horrible death soon).
• They and all soney Yisroel deserve a misa meshuna.
• The way Rabbi Akiva died involved a misa meshuna.

Languages of Origin

Textual Hebrew, Aramaic

Etymology

Hebrew מיתה משנה mita meshane, lit. unusual death, horrible death.

Who Uses This

Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

Dictionaries

The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).