English Explanatory Dictionary

HY"D

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. English rendering of a common Hebrew posthumous honorific, usually applied to those who died as a result of antisemitism.

Word forms

HY"D

Etymology

Transliteration of Hebrew הי״ד (literally “H.Y.D.”) the Hebrew language acronym for השם יקום דמו (hašem yiqqkōm damō, literally “may Hashem avenge his blood”) or השם יקום דמה (hašem yiqqōm dáma, literally “may Hashem avenge her blood”).

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