kein yirbu
Definitions
interj. "So they may increase in number."
Example Sentences
"I often nod my head and agree and say, kein yirbu!" (source)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
Etymology
כן ירבו kein yirbu 'more the better'
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
- Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
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Alternative Spellings
ken yirbu, keyn yirbu
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