lehitraot
Pronunciations
lehitraot | (leh-HEET-trah-OHT) | listen |
Definitions
interj. "Goodbye for now, see you again soon" (JPS) "see you later."
Example Sentences
"In Hebrew we don't like to say "goodbye," it sounds so final. Rather, we say, "lehitraot," or see you again." (my hebrew teacher)
Languages of Origin
- Modern Hebrew
Etymology
להתראות 'to see (reflexive usage)'
- Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
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Alternative Spellings
l'hitraot
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