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Like most Yiddish [expressions], this is Mediaeval Low German. In Modern German it would be spelled "Ach! Gewalt!" Gewalt is a word that means strength or force, But in this context means "violence". I see others referring to the Yiddish [expression] "oy vay zmir". Again, in Modern German, "Ach! Weh ist mir!", [literally], "oh, woe is unto me!" In all 3 cases, the pronoun is in the Dative case, which usage has long since vanished in English, except in antique sayings such as this.
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