block of wood / blockhead

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block of wood / blockhead

block of wood / blockhead

A large, unprocessed piece of wood. Figuratively: a derogatory term for a person who is slow-witted or hard to understand (bul means a piece).

("And I have baked bread on its coals, I have roasted meat and eaten, and what is left of it I make an abomination; shall I bow down to a block of wood?" - Isaiah 44:19, and also: "Is it not a block of wood? He trembled and feared when I would cast it upon him" - Abraham Mapu / Ayit Tzavua, 93, and also: "Mazal put a block of wood in the oven and I hurried to help her" - S.Y. Agnon / In the Prime of Her Life)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בּוּל עֵץ

Definition (Hebrew)

גְּזִיר עֵץ גָּדוֹל בִּלְתִּי מְעוּבָּד. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: כִּינוּי גְּנַאי לְאָדָם קָשֶׁה הֲבָנָה (בּוּל מַשְׁמָע חֲתִיכָה).

("וְאַף אָפִיתִי עַל גֶּחָלָיו לֶחֶם אֶצְלֶה בָשָׂר וְאֹכֵל וְיִתְרוֹ לְתוֹעֵבָה אֶעֱשֶׂה לְבוּל עֵץ אֶסְגּוֹד"- יְשַׁעְיָהוּ מ״ד י״ט, וְכֵן: "הֲלֹא בּוּל עֵץ הוּא וְחָרֵד וּפָחַד אֵימָתַי אֲשֶׁר אַפִּיל עָלָיו" - אַבְרָהָם מַאפּוּ / עֵיט צָבוּעַ, 93, וְכֵן: "מַזָּל שָׂם בּוּל עֵץ בַּתַּנּוּר וְאָנֹכִי חָשְׁתִּי לְעֶזְרָתוֹ"- ש"י עַגְנוֹן / בִּדְמִי יָמֶיהָ)

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