There is nothing above it/him

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There is nothing above it/him

There is nothing above it/him

There is nothing greater or more important than him/it. By extension: very important or excellent.

("The first of the first, there is nothing above it; the second of the first and the first of the second are equal..." - Menachot 86a. Also: "A Hebrew of utmost simplicity, a mouth that utters pearls, and precise speech, than which there is nothing higher" - Y.L. Peretz / Chaim Yona Vitels, 41. Also: "Sometimes the tailor thinks he is wasting his time, and sometimes he thinks he is engaged in something than which there is nothing higher" - Agnon / Until Now, The Garment, 247)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֵין לְמַעְלָה הֵימֶנּוּ

Definition (Hebrew)

אֵין מַשֶּׁהוּ גָּדוֹל אוֹ חָשׁוּב יוֹתֵר מִמֶּנּוּ. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: חָשׁוּב אוֹ טוֹב מְאוֹד.

("הָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁבָּרִאשׁוֹן אֵין לְמַעְלָה הֵימֶנּוּ, הַשֵּׁנִי שֶׁבָּרִאשׁוֹן וְהָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁבַּשֵּׁנִי שׁוֹיְן..."- מְנָחוֹת פּוֹ ע"א, וְכֵן:"עִבְרִי בְּתַכְלִית הַפַּשְׁטוּת,הַפֶּה מֵפִיק מַרְגָּלִיּוֹת,וְחִתּוּךְ הַדִּבּוּר,שֶׁאֵין לְמַעְלָה הֵימֶנּוּ"- י.ל.פֶּרֶץ/ חַיִּים יוֹנָה וִיטְלְס, מָא, וְכֵן:"פְּעָמִים נִדְמָה לוֹ לַחַיָּט שֶׁהוּא מְבַטֵּל זְמַנּוֹ,וּפְעָמִים נִדְמָה לוֹ שֶׁהוּא עוֹסֵק בְּדָבָר שֶׁאֵין לְמַעְלָה הֵימֶנּוּ"- עַגְנוֹן/ עַד הִנָּהּ, הַמַּלְבּוּשׁ, 247)

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