Translatable But Debatable - בליין, בילוי, לבלות (balyan, bilui, lvalot)

The expression מבַלֵי עולם survives from the ancient Jewish sources into the dictionaries, if not into everyday speech, to mean people who waste time or even bring destruction upon the world. These days a little בילוי — a pastime, recreation, entertainment — is widely considered innocent or even necessary in everyday life. 

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