powerlessness/ weakness/ exhaustion
A complete lack of strength. Great weakness. Absence of any strength.
("And he expired and died—the expiration signifies the exhaustion of the body, and death signifies the separation of the soul from the body, and being gathered to his people signifies the soul's return to its people and to its birthplace ... And regarding Ishmael it is said, 'he was gathered to his people,' because he repented"—Malbim on Genesis 25:8. And also: "I found her in the kitchen, responding in a state of exhaustion, leaning against the sink, with a box of matches in her hand"—Chaim Be'er/Feathers, 63)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
אֲפִיסַת כּוֹחוֹת, בַּאֲפִיסַת כּוֹחוֹת
Definition (Hebrew)
חֹסֶר כּוֹחוֹת כְּלָלִי. חֻלְשָׁה גְּדוֹלָה. אֶפֶס כֹּחַ.
("וַיִּגְוַע וַיָּמָת-הִגְוִיעָה מְצַיֵּן אֲפִיסַת כּוֹחוֹת הַגּוּף, וְהֵמִיתָה מְצַיֵּן פָּרוּד הַנֶּפֶשׁ מִן הַגּוּף, וְהַאֲסֵף אֶל עַמָּיו מְצַיֵּן שׁוּב הַנֶּפֶשׁ אֶל עַמָּהּ וְאֶל מְקוֹם מוֹלַדְתָּהּ ...וּבְיִשְׁמָעֵאל נֶאֱמַר וַיֵּאָסֵף אֶל עַמָּיו, כִּי עָשָׂה תְּשׁוּבָה"- מַלְבִּי"ם בְּרֵאשִׁית כֹּה ח, וְכֵן:"מְצָאתִיהָ בְּמִטְבָּח שֶׁעוֹנֶה בַּאֲפִיסַת כּוֹחוֹת עַל דֹּפֶן הַכִּיּוֹר וּבְיָדָהּ חֲפִיסַת גַּפְרוּרִים"- חַיִּים בְּאֵר/נוֹצוֹת,63)