kein yirbu

Alternative Spellings

ken yirbu, keyn yirbu

Definitions

• "So they may increase in number"

Example Sentences

• "I often nod my head and agree and say, kein yirbu!" (https://jewishlink.news/editorials/36320-from-tu-b-shevat-to-table-tennis)

Languages of Origin

Textual Hebrew

Etymology

כן ירבו kein yirbu 'more the better'

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)

Regions

North America

Dictionaries

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 Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).