A Saint Has Vanished from the Earth

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A Saint Has Vanished from the Earth

A Saint Has Vanished from the Earth

An expression of grief over the death of a righteous or kind person. Figuratively: A lament that people of goodness and virtue are no longer to be found.

("The godly man has perished from the earth, and there is none upright among men; they all lie in wait for blood." – Micah 7:2, and “He cried out: The crown has fallen from our head, the righteous has vanished from the earth.” – Y. Burla, Longings, p. 173)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אָבַד חָסִיד מִן הָאָרֶץ

Definition (Hebrew)

בִּטּוּי הַמַּבִּיעַ צַעַר עַל מוֹתוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם טוֹב. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: לֹא נוֹתְרוּ יוֹתֵר אַנְשֵׁי חֶסֶד אוֹ יֹשֶׁר בָּעוֹלָם.

("אָבַד חָסִיד מִן הָאָרֶץ וְיָשָׁר בָּאָדָם אָיִן, כֻּלָּם לְדָמִים יֶאֱרֹבוּ" – מִיכָה ז ב, וְכֵן: "צָוַח וְאָמַר: נָפְלָה עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשֵׁנוּ, אָבַד צַדִּיק מִן הָאָרֶץ" – י.בּוּרְלָא, כִּסּוּפִים, עמ' 173)

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