By force / "by strength of hand" / with a mighty hand

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By force / "by strength of hand" / with a mighty hand

By force / "by strength of hand" / with a mighty hand

In a strong and crushing manner. With might.

(“And the Lord said to Moses: ‘Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand I will send them, and with a strong hand I will drive them out of his land’” – Exodus 6:1; and also: “Who will grasp you by the tassels of your head and shake you with a mighty hand / like a drunken lad striking his mate and wallowing in his vomit” – H.N. Bialik / “I saw you again in the shortness of your hands”; and also: “…but he remembered only the strong hand of God and His outstretched arm” – Yehuda Amichai / Tanakh and other midrashim)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בְּיָד חֲזָקָה, בְּיָד חֲזָקָה וּבִזְרוֹעַ נְטוּיָה, בְּחוֹזֶק יָד

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּצוּרָה חֲזָקָה וּמוֹחֶצֶת. בִּגְבוּרָה.

("וַיֹּאמֶר ה' אֶל מֹשֶׁה עַתָּה תִרְאֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶעֱשֶׂה לְפַרְעֹה כִּי בְּיָד חֲזָקָה יְשַׁלְּחֵם וּבְיָד חֲזָקָה יְגָרְשֵׁם מֵאַרְצוֹ" – שְׁמוֹת ו׳ א׳; וְכֵן: "אֲשֶׁר יָאַחֲזְכֶם בְּצִיצִית רֹאשְׁכֶם וְיִנְעָרְכֶם בְּחוֹזֶק יָד / כְּנַעַר שִׁיכוֹר הָלוֹם סְבָאוּ וּמִתְבוֹסֵס בְּקִיאו" – ח.נ. בְּיאֲלִיק / רָאִיתִיכֶם שׁוּב בְּקוֹצֶר יָדֵיכֶם; וְכֵן: "...אֲבָל הוּא זָכַר רַק אֶת / יַד הָאֱלֹהִים הַחֲזָקָה וְאֶת זְרוֹעוֹ הַנְּטוּיָה" – יְהוּדָה עַמִיחַי / תַּנ"ךְ תַּנ"ךְ אִתְךָ אִתְךָ וּמִדְרָשִׁים אֲחֵרִים)

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