Etymology

lehavdil

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Yiddish להבֿדיל ← Hebrew לְהַבְדִּיל
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  1. Hebrew · derived fromלְהַבְדִּיל
  2. Yiddish · borrowed fromלהבֿדיל
  3. English todaylehavdil

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

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