MAZEL

PRO: MAH ZIL

emphasis on Mah

LUCK

This can be good luck or bad luck.
Sometimes, a person would say something like:

"Ach, with my mazel, the stock market will crash
just as soon as I buy stocks."

meaning

With my bad luck, I'll buy stocks, and the value will go down.

 

The word for GOOD LUCK ,
extended to mean
CONGRATULATIONS FOR SOMETHING GOOD HAPPENING

MAZEL TOV

(pro: mah zil tuv)

 

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