English
Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem comes from Hebrew יָד וַשֵׁם.
- Hebrew1880s–presentיָד וַשֵׁםyad va-shemliterally ‘a monument and a name’
- EnglishtodayYad Vashem
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Hebrew1880s–presentיָד וַשֵׁםyad va-shemliterally ‘a monument and a name’
- EnglishtodayYad Vashem
Every English word from Hebrew יָד וַשֵׁם
Today it means
name The official Israeli memorial to the victims of the Holocaust, established in 1953 in Jerusalem.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hebrew יָד וַשֵׁם / Yad Vashem