May his name be blotted out, may his name and memory be blotted out/ May his name be forgotten (wiped out)/ Curse him! / Of accursed memory!
A curse directed at a person or enemy, wishing that their name be erased and that no trace of their existence remain.
("May his end be to perish in another generation; may their name be blotted out" — Psalms 109:13; and also: "...may his name and memory be blotted out, and may his offspring be uprooted! He went outside and broke his neck" — Mendele Mocher Sforim, Travels of Benjamin the Third, "Koh"; and also: "Precisely here he will lodge and sleep, so that he may catch this one — the witch — may her name be blotted out" — Shaul Tchernichovsky, Be'utei Layla; and also: "For when the Baal Shem Tov, of blessed memory, was greatly prevailing against the sect of Shabbetai Tzvi and Jacob Frank, may their names be blotted out" — Agnon, Stories of the Baal Shem Tov, "Pekidah").
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
יִמַּח שְׁמוֹ, יִמַּח שְׁמוֹ וְזִכְרוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
יֹאבַד זִכְרוֹ. קְלָלָה הַמֻּופְנֵית לְאָדָם אוֹ אוֹיֵיב שֶׁשְּׁמוֹ יִימָּחֶה וְלֹא יִשָּׁאֵר זֵכֶר לְקִיּוּמוֹ.
("יְהִי אַחֲרִיתוֹ לְהַכְרִית בְּדוֹר אַחֵר יִמַּח שְׁמָם"- תְּהִלִּים קָט יג, וְכֵן:"תִּפַּח רוּחוֹ...יִמַּח שְׁמוֹ וְזִכְרוֹ וְתִתְקַעֲקַע בֵּיצָתוֹ! יָצָא לָחוּץ וְשָׁבַר מַפְרַקְתּוֹ"- מֶנְדֵּלֵי מו"ס/ מַסְּעוֹת בִּנְיָמִין הַשְּׁלִישִׁי, כֹּחַ, וְכֵן:"דַּוְקָא פֹּה יָלִין וְיָשֵׁן,/ כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּתַפְּסֶנָּה אֶת זוֹ- הַמְּכַשֵּׁפָה, יִמַּח שְׁמָהּ"- שָׁאוּל טְשֶׁרְנִיחוֹבְסְקִי/ בְּעוּתַי לַיְלָה, וְכֵן:"כִּי בְּעֵת שֶׁהַבֵּעשְׁ"ט זלה"ה הָיָה מִתְגַּבֵּר מְאוֹד נֶגֶד כַּת שַׁבְּתַי צְבִי וְיַעֲקֹב פְרֵנְק יִמַּח שְׁמוֹ"- עַגְנוֹן/ סִפּוּרֵי הַבֵּעשְׁ"ט, פְּקִידָה)