Standard Lemma guide

lehavdil

intj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /ləˈhɑv.dɪl/ Ashkenazi
  • /ləˈhɑv.dəl/ Ashkenazi
  • /lə.hɑvˈdil/

1

intj

Meaning 1

excuse the comparison

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: English, Jewish

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intj

Meaning 2

2005, Michael Wex, Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All of Its Moods, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, pages 62-3

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intj

Meaning 3

2005, Michael Wex, Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All of Its Moods, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, pages 62-3: "Gandhi and, lehavdl, Hitler were twentieth-century political figures"; "the cow and, lehavdl, the pig...."

"Gandhi and, lehavdl, Hitler were twentieth-century political figures"; "the cow and, lehavdl, the pig...."

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From Yiddish להבֿדיל (lehavd(i)l), from Hebrew לְהַבְדִּיל (l'havdíl), the infinitive of הִבְדִּיל (hivdíl, “to separate, to distinguish”).