By the compassion of the LORD upon him
Through the LORD’s compassion toward him; by divine mercy that protected, spared, or aided him.
(“And while he lingered, the men seized his hand, and the hand of his wife, and the hands of his two daughters, by the compassion of the LORD upon him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city” — Genesis 19:16; and likewise: “And by the compassion of the LORD upon him, Benjamin returned and once again became a living soul” — Mendele Mocher Sforim, The Travels of Benjamin the Third; and likewise: “By the compassion of the LORD upon him, his wits were not lost. Isaac recognized the way” — Agnon, Only Yesterday.)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בְּחֶמְלַת ה' עָלָיו
Definition (Hebrew)
בְּחֶסֶד וּבָרַחֲמִים שֶׁנִּתְּנוּ לוֹ מֵאֵת ה', מִתּוֹךְ חֶמְלָה אֱלוֹהִית שֶׁהִצִּילָה אוֹ סִיְּעָה לוֹ.
("וַיִּתְמַהְמָהּ וַיַּחֲזִקוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים בְּיָדוֹ וּבְיַד אִשְׁתּוֹ וּבְיַד שְׁתֵּי בְנֹתָיו בְּחֶמְלַת ה' עָלָיו וַיֹּצִאֻהוּ וַיַּנִּחֻהוּ מִחוּץ לָעִיר"־ בְּרֵאשִׁית יט טז, וְכֵן: "וּבְחֶמְלַת ה' עָלָיו חָזַר בִּנְיָמִין וְהָיָה עוֹד הַפַּעַם לְנֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה"־ מֶנְדֵּלֵי מו״ס / מַסְּעוֹת בִּנְיָמִין הַשְּׁלִישִׁי, מָא, וְכֵן: "בְּחֶמְלַת הַשֵּׁם עָלָיו לֹא אָבְדוּ עֶשְׁתּוֹנוֹתָיו. הִכִּיר יִצְחָק אֶת הַדֶּרֶךְ"־ עַגְנוֹן / תְּמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם, 33)