English Explanatory Dictionary

yimakh shemo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

intj
  1. Traditional Jewish curse, appended to the names of infamous enemies of the Jewish people: May his name be erased.

Word forms

yimakh shemo yimakh shemoy yemach shemo yimach shemo

Etymology

From Yiddish ימח־שמו (yimákh shmóy, “may his name be obliterated”), in turn from Biblical Hebrew יִמַּח שְׁמוֹ (yīmmaḥ šəmō, “may his name be erased”).

Antonyms

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