He will swallow up death for ever, expressing hope that death will disappear

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He will swallow up death for ever, expressing hope that death will disappear

He will swallow up death for ever, expressing hope that death will disappear

A prayer of consolation recited upon the death of a person.

("He will swallow up death forever, and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces and remove the reproach of His people from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken" – Isaiah 25:8; and likewise: "O my God, in Your abundant mercy, let Your greatness withhold, and He will swallow up death forever and remove the reproach of His people" – Ezekiel the Babylonian (18th century) / The Debate of Man with His Earth)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בִּלַּע הַמָּוֶת לָנֶצַח וּמָחָה ה' דִּמְעָה מֵעַל כָּל פָּנִים

Definition (Hebrew)

תְּפִלַּת נִיחוּמִים הַנֶּאֱמֶרֶת בְּמוֹת אָדָם.

("בִּלַּע הַמָּוֶת לָנֶצַח וּמָחָה אֲדֹנָי ה' דִּמְעָה מֵעַל כָּל פָּנִים וְחֶרְפַת עַמּוֹ יָסִיר מֵעַל כָּל הָאָרֶץ כִּי ה' דִּבֵּר" – יְשַׁעְיָהוּ כֹּה ח׳, וְכֵן: "אֱלֹהָי בְּרַב רַחֲמָיו אֶת גְּדוּלָתְךָ יַחְסִיר / וּבִלַּע הַמָּוֶת לָנֶצַח וְחֶרְפַת עַמּוֹ יָסִיר" – יְחֶזְקֵאל הַבַּבְלִי (הַמֵּאָה הי"ח) / וִיכוּחַ הָאָדָם עִם אֲדָמְתוֹ)

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