With bitterness of soul, with grief of heart

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With bitterness of soul, with grief of heart

With bitterness of soul, with grief of heart

In bitterness. In heartache.

("And they shaved their heads toward you, girded themselves with sackcloth, and wept to you with bitterness of soul, mourning bitterly" – Ezekiel 27:51; also: "By the rivers of Babylon we sat and also wept... Although they spoke against Israel, they spoke again about the Lord; when Israel was exiled, the Temple destroyed, and its Sanhedrin uprooted, the Lord wept over them with bitterness of soul and bewailed them" – Pesiqta Rabbati, section 28, By the Rivers of Babylon; also: "For one not accepted in repentance, if he should resolve to return, he would die immediately; then he cried and wept with bitterness of soul" – Yad HaMelekh, Laws of Idolatry, ch. 2; and: "And in fear of the news all the neighbors came, and wept with bitterness of soul all night" – S. Y. Agnon / Ele V’Ele, The Excluded, 21)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בְּמַר נַפְשׁוֹ, בְּמַר לִבּוֹ

Definition (Hebrew)

בִּמְרִירוּת. בִּכְאֵב לֵב.

("וְהִקְרִיחוּ אֵלַיִךְ קָרְחָה וְחָגְרוּ שַׂקִּים וּבָכוּ אֵלַיִךְ בְּמַר נֶפֶשׁ מִסְפֵּד מָר"- יְחֶזְקֵאל כז לֹא, וְכֵן: "עַל נְהָרוֹת בָּבֶל שָׁם יָשַׁבְנוּ גַּם בָּכִינוּ...אע"פ שֶׁאָמְרוּ כְּנֶגֶד יִשְׂרָאֵל חָזַר וְאָמְרוּ עַל הקב"ה, בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁגָּלוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְחֶרֶב בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ וְנֶעֶקְרָה סַנְהֶדְרֶין הָיָה הקב"ה בּוֹכֶה עֲלֵיהֶם בְּמַר נֶפֶשׁ וְהָיָה נוֹשֵׂא עֲלֵיהֶם קִינָה"- פְּסִיקְתָּא רַבָּתִי (אִישׁ שָׁלוֹם) פִּיסְקָא כֹּחַ, עַל נְהָרוֹת בָּבֶל, וְכֵן: "דְּאִין מְקַבְּלִין אוֹתוֹ בִּתְשׁוּבָה, דְּאִים יִתֵּן אַל לִבּוֹ לָשׁוּב יָמוּת תֵּכֶף, אָז מִיָּד צָעַק וּבָכֹה בְּמַר נַפְשׁוֹ"- יָד הַמֶּלֶךְ הִלְכוֹת עֲבוֹדַת כּוֹכָבִים פֶּרֶק ב , וְכֵן: "וּלְחֶרְדַּת הַשְּׁמוּעָה בָּאוּ כֹּל הַשְּׁכֵנִים וְהַשְּׁכֵנוֹת וְיִבְכּוּ בְּמַר נַפְשָׁם כֹּל הַלַּיְלָה"-עַגְנוֹן/ אֵלּוּ וְאֵלּוּ, הִנָּדַח, 21)

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