There is no half-death

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There is no half-death

There is no half-death

It is impossible to be half dead and half alive. Figuratively: something is illogical; it must be one way or the other, like the expression 'there is no half-pregnancy'.

("Just as there, there is no half-death, so here there is no half-flogging" - Makkot 5a)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֵין מִיתָה לְמֶחֱצָה

Definition (Hebrew)

אִי אֶפְשָׁר לִהְיוֹת חֲצִי מֵת וָחֵצִי חַי. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הַדָּבָר לֹא הֶגְיוֹנִי: אוֹ כָּךְ אוֹ כָּךְ, כְּמוֹ הַבִּטּוּי 'אֵין חֲצִי הֵרָיוֹן'.

("מָה לְהַלָּן אֵין מִיתָה לְמֶחֱצָה, אַף כָּאן אֵין מַלְקוֹת לְמֶחֱצָה"- מַכּוֹת ה ע"א)

Keyword

Talmud idiom principle logic extremes

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