English Explanatory Dictionary

ZT"L

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. English rendering of a Hebrew posthumous honorific, usually applied to deceased rabbis or other holy figures

Word forms

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Etymology

Transliteration of Hebrew זצ״ל (ZTs"L), acronym of זֵכֶר צַדִּיק לִבְרָכָה (zékher tzadík livrakhá, literally “may the memory of the righteous one be a blessing”).

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