Definitions

  • conj. Since, seeing as.

Example Sentences

  • “Vibahlt I like science, I went to the museum.” (Weiser)

  • "We are mechuyav to be meshabed ourselves to the melocha in which these soldiers made a haschala–that vibalt they were moiser nefesh for this eisek, we must be mamash torud in it–" (source)

Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • װי באַלד vi bald

    • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).

      Alternative Spellings

      vibalt

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