members of our association, our friends
People who wish for our welfare and well-being. Those who share an ideological identity. By extension: people who belong to the same social group and in whom trust or preference can be placed.
("Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me" – Psalms 41:10, and also: "And he said: Listen, my men of peace, I am being gathered to my people, and I have no heir or redeemer" – Immanuel of Rome (13th century)/The Inheritance, and also: "Indeed, your father should have felt that his man of peace was waiting for him" – S.Y. Agnon / In the Prime of Her Life)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
אַנְשֵׁי שְׁלוֹמֵנוּ, אַנ"שׁ
Definition (Hebrew)
אֲנָשִׁים הַחֲפֵצִים בְּטוֹבָתֵנוּ וּשְׁלוֹמֵנוּ. בַּעֲלֵי זֶהוּת רַעְיוֹנִית. אוֹ בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: אֲנָשִׁים הַמְּצוּיִים בְּאוֹתָהּ קְבוּצָה חֶבְרָתִית וְשֶׁנִּתָּן לָתֵת בָּהֶם אֵמוּן.
("גַּם אִישׁ שְׁלוֹמִי אֲשֶׁר בָּטַחְתִּי בוֹ אוֹכֵל לַחְמִי הִגְדִּיל עָלַי עָקֵב"- תְּהִלִּים מ"א י, וְכֵן:"וַיֹּאמֶר: שִׁמְעוֹנִי אַנְשֵׁי שְׁלוֹמִי/ הִנְנִי נֶאֱסָף אֶל עַמִּי/ וְאֵין לִי יוֹרֵשׁ וְגוֹאֵל"- עִמָּנוּאֵל הָרוֹמִי (הַמֵּאָה הי"ג)/ הַיְּרֻשָּׁה, וְכֵן:"הֵן צָרִיךְ הָיָה אָבִיךְ לְהַרְגִּישׁ כִּי אִישׁ שְׁלוֹמוֹ מְחַכֶּה לוֹ"- שַׁ"י עַגְנוֹן/ בִּדְמֵי יָמֶיהָ)