יב״ל

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Hebrew[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Abbreviation of יבדל לחיים (literally, may he be separated for life).

Phrase[edit]

יב״ל (transliteration needed)

  1. (Judaism) Attached to the mention of a live person, when it is near mention of a dead person, to distinguish between the living and the dead.