גמר חתימה טובה

Hebrew

FWOTD – 12 October 2016

Alternative forms

⁧גְּמַר טוֹב⁩ (g'már tóv)

Etymology

From ⁧גְּמַר־⁩ (g'már-, “end of”) + ⁧חֲתִימָה⁩ (khatimá, “signing, sealing”) + ⁧טוֹבָה⁩ (tová, “good”); hence literally “end of good sealing”.

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈɡmaʁ χa.tiˈma toˈva/

Phrase

⁧גְּמַר חֲתִימָה טוֹבָה⁩ • (g'már khatimá tová)

May you be signed and sealed in the Book of Life; a common greeting on and before Yom Kippur.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:גמר חתימה טובה.

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