Meanings
interjection
alternative l'havdil · alternative lehavdel · alternative lehavdl
- EnglishJewishexcuse the comparison
- 2005, Michael Wex, Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All of Its Moods, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, pages 62-3
- 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...."
Origin
- Hebrewלְהַבְדִּיל
- Yiddishלהבֿדיל
- Englishlehavdil
From Yiddish להבֿדיל (lehavd(i)l), from Hebrew לְהַבְדִּיל (l'havdíl), the infinitive of הִבְדִּיל (hivdíl, “to separate, to distinguish”).
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APA
lehavdil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lehavdil
MLA
“lehavdil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lehavdil. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lehavdil,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lehavdil.
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