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Submitted by Robert Gilbert

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Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 3/18/2026 2:48 PM
Family Surname: Goldberg
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Can someone translate the hebrew for these two people?

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3/18/2026 4:31 PM Tillie:

TOVA daughter of Reb Yisrael
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Tova is Hebrew (feminine form) for "the good one". It is pronounced TOE-vah. Note that there is a similar Yiddish name: Toibe, which means dove.

'Reb' is an honorific; it does not mean rabbi.

Yisrael is Israel
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Louis:

GEDALYA (geh-DAHL-yah) son of Reb Yitzchak

18 Sivan 5730
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Gedalya is a Biblical name. Yitzchak is Isaac.

The 18th of Sivan, 5730, began at sunset on June 21st, 1970, and ended at sunset on the 22nd.

(It seems a bit strange that the Hebrew date of death was given for Louis, but not for Tillie).
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At the bottom of the stone is the abbreviation for the phrase "May their souls be bound up in the bond of life."

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