a well of living water

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a well of living water

a well of living water

A well filled with pure water. By extension: a fertile source of knowledge. A place from which one can take good and useful things.

("And Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of living water"—Genesis 26:19. Also: "A well of living water"—this is the Torah of the Land of Israel—Midrash Yalkut Shimoni, Song of Songs. And: "Why do you drink drawn water, when the whole well is before you, a well of living water"—S.Y. Agnon, 'In the Prime of Her Days')

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בְּאֵר מַיִם חַיִּים

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּאֵר מְלֵאָה מַיִם זַכִּים. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: מָקוֹר מֵידָע פּוֹרֶה. מָקוֹם שֶׁמִּמֶּנּוּ נִתָּן לָקַחַת דְּבָרִים טוֹבִים וּמוֹעִילִים.

("וַיַּחְפְּרוּ עַבְדֵי יִצְחָק בַּנָּחַל וַיִּמְצְאוּ שָׁם בְּאֵר מַיִם חַיִּים"- בְּרֵאשִׁית כו יט, וְכֵן:"בְּאֵר מַיִם חַיִּים"- זוֹ תּוֹרָה שֶׁל אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל"- מִדְרָשׁ יַלְקוּט שִׁמְעוֹנִי שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים, וְכֵן:"מָה לְךָ לִשְׁתּוֹת מַיִם שְׁאוּבִים, הֲלֹא כָּל הַבְּאֵר לְפָנֶיךָ, בְּאֵר מַיִם חַיִּים"- שַׁ"י עַגְנוֹן/ בְּדָמִי יָמֶיהָ)

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