May he be set apart for long life, may he be set apart for good and long life/ May he live long/ May he be set apart for long life (expression used when mentioning a living person immediately after the dead)
May he be different from me who is remembered and may he be granted a long life. A blessing said to a living person whose name is remembered after the name of a person who has been dismissed is mentioned (which means to be different from or separated from him).
("Tomorrow the herald would go out and proclaim, ‘May the living be set apart from the dead,’ and everyone stood up" - Midrash Shmuel (Buber), Parashat Leiv; and likewise: "And I see that even the great scholar, the author of Yad Mal'akhi, of blessed memory, and may he be set apart for a good long life, Mr. Shay, both of them did not grasp the intention of the Maharsha, of blessed memory" - Responsa Nismat Chaim, section 25; and likewise: "I would be very happy if the esteemed Mr. Shay, may he be set apart for good long life, also agrees to this" - Responsa Da'at Kohen (Issues of Yoreh De'ah), section 145; and likewise: "By the power of my faith, and by the merit of my righteous mother, may peace be upon her! And by your merit, father, may you be set apart for long life..." - Y. L. Peretz, Self-Sacrifice; and likewise: "My husband, may he be set apart for long life, is truly like Karayndil Czarny, may his old age be for peace" - Agnon, On the Knobs of the Lock, In Our Youth and in Our Old Age, 249)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
יִבָּדֵל לְחַיִּים אֲרֻוכִּים, יִבָּדֵל לְחַיִּים טוֹבִים וַאֲרֻוכִּים
Definition (Hebrew)
שֶׁיִּהְיֶה שׁוֹנֶה מִמִּי שֶׁהֻזְכַּר וְיִזְכֶּה לְחַיִּים אֲרֻכִּים. בְּרָכָה הַנֶּאֱמֶרֶת לְאָדָם חַי שֶׁשְּׁמוֹ הֻזְכַּר אַחֲרֵי שֶׁהֻזְכַּר שְׁמוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם שֶׁנִּפְטַר (שֶׁיִּבָּדֵל מַשְׁמָע שֶׁיִּהְיֶה שׁוֹנֶה אוֹ נִפְרָד מִמֶּנּוּ).
("לְמָחָר הָיָה הַכָּרוֹז יוֹצֵא וּמַכְרִיז יִבְדְּלוּ הַחַיִּים מִן הַמֵּתִים, וְעָמְדוּ כֻּלָּם"- מִדְרַשׁ שְׁמוּאֵל (בּוּבֶּר) פָּרָשָׁה לֵב, וְכֵן:"וְאָנֹכִי הָרוֹאֶה, שֶׁגַּם הַגָּאוֹן בַּעַל יַד מַלְאָכִי זַ"ל, וְיִבָּדֵל לְחַיִּים טוֹבִים כתר"ה שַׁי', שְׁנֵיהֶם לֹא עָמְדוּ עַל כַּוָּנַת הַמָּהַרְשָׁ"א זַ"ל"- שׁוּ"ת נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים סִימָן כֹּה, וְכֵן:"וְאֶשְׂמַח מְאֹד אִם יַסְכִּים עַל זֶה גַּם כֵּן הדר"ג מַר שַׁי', יִבָּדֵל לְחַיִּים טוֹבִים לאוי"ט"- שׁוּ"ת דַּעַת כֹּהֵן (עִנְיְנֵי יוֹרֶה דֵּעָה) סִימָן קַלָּה, וְכֵן:"בְּכוֹחָהּ שֶׁל אֱמוּנָתִי,וּבִזְכוּתָהּ שֶׁל אִמִּי הַצַּדֶּקֶת, עָלֶיהָ הַשָּׁלוֹם! וּבִזְכוּתְךָ אַבָּא, תִּבָּדֵל לְחַיִּים אֲרֻכִּים..."- י.ל.פֶּרֶץ/ מְסִירוּת נֶפֶשׁ, קַפֵּד, וְכֵן:"בַּעֲלִי יִבָּדֵל לְחַיִּים הֲרֵי הוּא מַמָּשׁ כְּקָרַיְנָדִיל טשׁארני זִקְנָתוֹ עָלֶיהָ הַשָּׁלוֹם"- עַגְנוֹן/ עַל כַּפּוֹת הַמַּנְעוּל, בִּנְעָרֵינוּ וּבִזְקֵנֵינוּ, 249)