in his mother's bosom
In his mother's arms. Figuratively: in his infancy.
("To their mothers they say, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom" – Lamentations 2:12)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בְּחֵיק אִמּוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
בְּזְרוֹעוֹת אִמּוֹ. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: בְּיַנְקוּתוֹ.
("לְאִמֹּתָם יֹאמְרוּ אַיֵּה דָּגָן וָיָיִן בְּהִתְעַטְּפָם כֶּחָלָל בִּרְחֹבוֹת עִיר בְּהִשְׁתַּפֵּךְ נַפְשָׁם אֶל חֵיק אִמֹּתָם"- אֵיכָה ב׳ י״ב)