Without a trace of... / Not even a hint of...

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Without a trace of... / Not even a hint of...

Without a trace of... / Not even a hint of...

Without a bit of..., without even the slightest concern of..., without any trace or reproach of... (The word 'shmetz' can mean: a little, a hint, contempt, or reproach).

("A story about a man who called out to Rabbi Eliezer ‘Inform Jerusalem of its abominations.’ He was told: While you examine Jerusalem’s abominations – go and examine your mother’s. They examined him and found a trace of fault" – Megillah 25b; also: "May your children be like olive saplings, upright, and not have a trace of fault" – Rabbeinu Bachya, Genesis 34:1; also: "It was surprising that she treated the girl with such excessive affection, without the slightest trace of a woman’s jealousy" – Agnon, Tikhrekh Shel Sipurim, 72)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בְּלִי שֶׁמֶץ שֶׁל... לְלֹא שֶׁמֶץ...

Definition (Hebrew)

לְלֹא מְעַט מ..., לְלֹא חֲשָׁשׁ קָטָן אֲפִלּוּ מ... אוֹ: לְלֹא שִׁמְצָה וְלַעַז כָּלְשֶׁהוּ מִסּוּג...(לַמִּלָּה 'שֶׁמֶץ' מַשְׁמָעוּיוֹת כְּמוֹ: קְצָת, קֻרְטוֹב, גְּנַאי, לַעַז).

("מַעֲשֶׂה בְּאָדָם אֶחָד שֶׁהָיָה קוֹרֵא לְמַעְלָה מֵרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר 'הוֹדַע אֶת יְרוּשָׁלִַם אֶת תּוֹעֲבֹתֶיהָ'. אָמַר לוֹ: עַד שֶׁאַתָּה בּוֹדֵק בְּתוֹעֲבוֹת יְרוּשָׁלַיִם- צֵא וּבְדֹק בְּתוֹעֲבוֹת אִמֶּךָ. בָּדְקוּ אַחֲרָיו וּמָצְאוּ בּוֹ שֶׁמֶץ פְּסוּל"- מְגִלָּה כֹּה ע"ב, וְכֵן: "יִהְיוּ בָּנֶיךָ כִּשְׁתִילֵי זֵיתִים, שֶׁיִּהְיוּ הֲגוּנִים וְלֹא יִהְיֶה בָּהֶם שֶׁמֶץ פְּסוּל"- רַבֵּנוּ בְּחַיֵּי בְּרֵאשִׁית לֵד א, וְכֵן: "מָקוֹם הָיָה כָּאן לִתְמֹהַּ שֶׁהִיא נוֹהֶגֶת בְּנַעֲרָה בְּחִבָּה יְתֵרָה שֶׁכָּזוֹ בְּלִי שֶׁמֶץ קִנְאַת אִשָּׁה מֵרֵעוּתָהּ"- עַגְנוֹן/ תַּכְרִיךְ שֶׁל סִפּוּרִים, 72)

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