Blima vs. Bluma | Imamother

amother

Sun, Feb 09 2020, 9:04 pm

Are Blima and Bluma the same name? Variations of each other? I know a Blima spelled בלימא and a Bluma spelled בלומא . Is there a difference? Different meaning?

Does anyone have a more correct/legitimate spelling? I think I've also seen it ending in "ayin" or "heh".

Any info would be great.

amother

Peach

Sun, Feb 09 2020, 9:05 pm

I think so. I’m Blima and we didn’t name my daughter Bluma (after a grandmother) for that reason

amother

Hotpink

Sun, Feb 09 2020, 9:40 pm

Same name, just different pronunciation.

amother

Fuchsia

Sun, Feb 09 2020, 9:54 pm

The name that’s given is Bluma which is Yiddish for flower ( spelled with a vav and aleph at the end). When you spell it Blima in Hebrew with a yud and hey at the end - the meaning of the word is “nothing” like in the pasuk “Toleh ha’aretz al blima “ meaning that the world stands on nothingness. Yup my name is Blimie and that’s why I know this! Whenever the name is given it’s a Yiddish name, not Hebrew

tigerwife

Sun, Feb 09 2020, 10:20 pm

I think the only difference is that many chassidim pronounce a shuruk as “ee”, while the rest pronounce it as “ooh”. So you will find more heimish “Blima”s and litvish/yerushalmi “Bluma”s.

amother

Mint

Sun, Feb 09 2020, 10:23 pm

I'm Blimie with a vav and alef.
Most Blimies I know pronounce it Blima not Bluma, Chassidish and not Chassidish.
I'm not sure why.

amother

Purple

Sun, Feb 09 2020, 11:02 pm

I'm Blimy and spell it בלימה. For a more positive spin on nothingness, around here we say “Toleh ha’aretz al blima “The entire world stands on Blima!!

amother

Sun, Feb 09 2020, 11:03 pm

amother [ Mint ] wrote:

I'm Blimie with a vav and alef.
Most Blimies I know pronounce it Blima not Bluma, Chassidish and not Chassidish.
I'm not sure why.

So is Blima always spelled with a "vav"? Even when it's pronounced "ee"?

amother

Mint

Sun, Feb 09 2020, 11:07 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

So is Blima always spelled with a "vav"? Even when it's pronounced "ee"?

No. I think some people spell it with yud
and kay and some with vav and alef.

amother

Purple

Sun, Feb 09 2020, 11:35 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

So is Blima always spelled with a "vav"? Even when it's pronounced "ee"?

Nope. I spell it with a yud.

amother

Honeydew

Sun, Feb 09 2020, 11:35 pm

I know if a Blima that spelled it with a hei at the end all her life until she got married. When they prepared the ksuba they said that it’s not a name since it just means nothingness and they spelled it with a aleph at the end instead. She has since spelled it like that