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)

1. 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.