Nevertheless / in spite of / yet / however that may be
Despite that. In spite of everything. And even so.
(“And he said to her: ‘As one speaks of vile things, you also speak; shall we receive the good from God and not receive the evil? Nevertheless, Job did not sin with his lips’ – Job 2:10 (to his wife); and likewise: “And yet I knew Elisheva, renowned at the gates, being noble in her worth” – Abraham Mapu / Et Tzavua, p. 79; and likewise: “And yet, even in the small and in the roots, nothing was empty / I will go out with you completely” – H.N. Bialik / Pereda; and: “I knew that there were no words from me to soothe me, and yet I stood to listen” – S.Y. Agnon / Bedemei Yamayha)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בְּכָל זֹאת
Definition (Hebrew)
לַמְרוֹת זֹאת. לַמְרוֹת הַכֹּל. וְאַף עַל פִּי כֵן.
("וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלֶיהָ כְּדַבֵּר אַחַת הַנְּבָלוֹת תְּדַבֵּרִי, גַּם אֶת הַטּוֹב נְקַבֵּל מֵאֵת הָאֱלֹהִים וְאֶת הָרָע לֹא נְקַבֵּל? בְּכָל זֹאת לֹא חָטָא אִיּוֹב בִּשְׂפָתָיו"- אִיּוֹב ב י (אִיּוֹב לְאִשְׁתּוֹ), וְכֵן: "וּבְכָל זֹאת יָדַעְתִּי אֶת אֱלִישֶׁבַע, הַנּוֹדַעַת בַּשְּׁעָרִים, בִּהְיוֹתָהּ נַעֲלָה בְּעֶרְכָּהּ"- אַבְרָהָם מַאפּוּ/ עַיִט צָבוּעַ, 79, וְכֵן: "וּבְכָל זֹאת, ... לֹא נָעוּר וָרֵיק/ אֵצֵא עִמָּכֶם כַּלָּה"- ח.נ. בְּיָאלִיק/ פְּרֵדָה, וְכֵן: "יָדַעְתִּי כִּי אֵין דְּבָרִים בְּפִי לְהַרְגִּיעֵנִי וּבְכָל זֹאת עָמַדְתִּי לִשְׁמֹעַ"- שַׁ"י עַגְנוֹן/ בִּדְמֵי יָמֶיהָ)