One of sixty / A sixtieth part

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One of sixty / A sixtieth part

One of sixty / A sixtieth part

One part of sixty. Figuratively: a very small, insignificant portion; a mere hint of something.

(“The measure of the offering: a generous person gives one of forty, an average one of fifty, and a stingy one of sixty; if he gave one of sixty, it is valid.” – Terumot 4:3. Also: “A person’s spirit is always perfectly united with the spirit of his language, and every shift from one language to another is like a small ‘departure of the soul,’ one-sixtieth of the real thing.” – Bialik, Hevlei Lashon)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֶחָד מִשִּׁישִּׁים

Definition (Hebrew)

אֶחָד חֶלְקֵי שִׁשִּׁים. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: חֵלֶק קָטָן וַחֲסַר מַשְׁמָעוּת.

("שִׁעוּר תְּרוּמָה עַיִן יָפֶה אַחַת מֵאַרְבָּעִים ,בש"א מִשְּׁלֹשִׁים וְהַבֵּינוֹנִית מְחַמְּשִׁים וְהָרָעָה מִשִּׁשִּׁים תָּרַם וְעָלָה בְּיָדוֹ אֶחָד מִשִּׁשִּׁים תְּרוּמָה"- תְּרוּמוֹת ד ג, וְכֵן:"רוּחוֹ שֶׁל הָאָדָם מִתְאַחֶדֶת תָּמִיד אִחוּד מֻחְלָט עִם רוּחַ לְשׁוֹנוֹ וְכָל יְצִיאָה מִלְּשׁוֹן אֵל לְשׁוֹן יֵשׁ בָּהּ מֵעֵין "יְצִיאַת נְשָׁמָה" קְטַנָּה, אֶחָד מִשִּׁשִּׁים בִּיצִיאַת נְשָׁמָה מַמָּשׁ"- בְּיָאלִיק/ חֶבְלֵי לְשׁוֹן)

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