It does not matter / Never mind / Don't mention it

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It does not matter / Never mind / Don't mention it

It does not matter / Never mind / Don't mention it

Nothing happened. It doesn't matter. An expression used to offer comfort or to downplay the importance of something bad that happened (originally: without anything).

("And the Israelites said to him: We will go up by the highway; and if we drink of your water, I and my cattle, then I will pay for it; only, there is nothing, I will go through on foot" – Numbers 20:19 (the Israelites to the king of Edom); also: "And I laughed at his fear, I said to him: Do not fear, for it is nothing" – Abraham Mapu / Ayit Tzavua, 59; also: "And I say, it is nothing, sir, neither dog nor wound" – S.Y. Agnon / In the Prime of Her Life; also: "And the captain said: It is nothing, it is nothing / Tomorrow a ship will carry you to the sea again" – Aharon Shabtai / The Inn Poem)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֵין דָּבָר

Definition (Hebrew)

לֹא קָרָה כְּלוּם. לֹא אִכְפַּת. בִּטּוּי שֶׁבָּא לְהַבִּיעַ נֶחָמָה אוֹ הַפְחָתָה מֵחֲשִׁיבוּת דָּבָר לֹא טוֹב שֶׁאֵרַע (בַּמָּקוֹר: בְּלִי שׁוּם דָּבָר).

("וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּמְסִלָּה נַעֲלֶה וְאִם מֵימֶיךָ נִשְׁתֶּה אֲנִי וּמִקְנַי וְנָתַתִּי מִכְרָם רַק אֵין דָּבָר בְּרַגְלַי אֶעֱבֹרָה"- בַּמִּדְבָּר כ יט (בֵּנִי יִשְׂרָאֵל אַל מֶלֶךְ אָדֹם), וְכֵן:"וְאָנֹכִי שָׂחַקְתִּי לְחֶרְדָתוֹ , אָמַרְתִּי לוֹ: אַל תִּירָא כִּי אֵין דָּבָר"- אַבְרָהָם מַאפּוּ/ עַיִט צָבוּעַ, 59, וְכֵן:"וְאוֹמֵר אֵין דָּבָר, אֲדוֹנִי, לֹא כֶּלֶב וְלֹא פֶּצַע"- שַׁ"י עַגְנוֹן/ בדמי יָמֶיהָ, וְכֵן:"וְאָמַר הַקַּבַּרְנִיט: אֵין דָּבָר, אֵין דָּבָר/ עוֹד מָחָר תישאני סְפִינָה אַל הַיָּם"- אַהֲרֹן שבתאי/ שִׁיר הַפֻּנְדָּק)

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