Within His Mother's Womb
In the womb; before being born
("How the formation of the newborn... The Holy One, blessed be He, said to him: 'The world that I am bringing you into is better than the world you were in, and when I formed you, I did not form you except as this drop, immediately the Holy One, blessed be He, forces it into this drop, and the angel returns and returns the spirit into the midst of his mother's bowels; and from then on two angels are appointed to guard him so that he shall not fall'" - Otzer HaMidrashim (Eisenstein) Yetzirat HaValad, 243.)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בְּתוֹךְ מֵעַי אִמּוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
בְּתוֹךְ הָרֶחֶם. בְּטֶרֶם נוֹלַד.
("כֵּיצַד יְצִירַת הַוָּלָד...אָמַר לוֹ הקב"ה הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי מַכְנִיסְךָ הוּא טוֹב מִן הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר הָיִיתָ, וּכְשֶׁיְּצַרְתִּיךָ לֹא יְצַרְתִּיךָ אֶלָּא לְטִפָּה זוֹ, מִיָּד מַכְנִיסוֹ הקב"ה עַל כָּרְחוֹ בְּתוֹךְ אוֹתָהּ טִפָּה, וְחוֹזֵר הַמַּלְאָךְ וּמַחֲזִיר הָרוּחַ בְּתוֹךְ מֵעַי אִמּוֹ וּמִזְּמַן שָׁם שְׁנֵי מַלְאָכִים וְשׁוֹמְרִים אוֹתוֹ שֶׁלֹּא יִפֹּל"-אוֹצֵר הַמִּדְרָשִׁים (אַיְזֶנְשְׁטֵיְן) יְצִירַת הַוָּלָד, 243).