zichrono livracha

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Pronunciations

zichrono livracha (zeech-roh-NOH liv-vrah-CHAH) listen

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Definitions

  • interj. May his memory be for a blessing (appended to the name of a dead person).

Example Sentences

  • "My grandfather, zikhrono levrakha, said tehillim every day."

  • "It does help me make a transition to the rest of the year of mourning for my mother, zichrona livracha, may her memory be for a blessing." (source)

  • "I got this book as a present from your grandmother, zichrona livracha." (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH זכרונו לברכה zichrono livracha (feminine: זכרונה לברכה, plural: זכרונם לברכה) > Y זכרונו לברכה zikhroyne livrokhe

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa
      • Australia / New Zealand

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      zikhrono livrakha, zichrono l'vracha, zichrono livrachah, zichrono livracha

Notes

  • feminine: 'zichrona livracha'
    plural (masculine or mixed masculine and feminine): zichronam livracha

    All three forms are often abbreviated as z"l, and that acronym is pronounced 'zal'.

    Sometimes said in English calque translation: "May his memory be for a blessing."

    See also OB"M, zatsal, ziya, and olav ha-sholom.

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