test stone / criterion

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test stone / criterion

test stone / criterion

Figuratively: a test point or standard of evaluation. A subject or element used as a benchmark for assessing a situation. (Originally referred to a hard black jasper-like stone used to test metals or serve as a foundation stone after proving its strength.)

("Therefore thus said the Lord God: Behold, I lay in Zion a foundation stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; he who believes shall not make haste" – Isaiah 28:16; and: "He, Amram Najara, would serve as a test stone for this act on behalf of the many... money – it is a test stone like no other" – Y. Burla / Longings, pp. 247, 253)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֶבֶן בֹּחַן

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: נְקֻדַּת מִבְחָן. נוֹשֵׂא הַמְּשַׁמֵּשׁ קְנֵה מִדָּה לְאִבְחוּן הַמַּצָּב. קְנֵה מִדָּה לְהַעֲרָכָה (הַמָּקוֹר בְּשִׁמּוּשׁ בְּאֶבֶן חֲזָקָה הַדּוֹמָה לַיָּשְׁפֵה הַשָּׁחֹר שֶׁשִּׁמְּשָׁה לִבְחִינַת מַתָּכוֹת אוֹ לְשַׁמֵּשׁ אַדְנֵי יְסוֹד, וְזֹאת לְאַחַר שֶׁנִּבְחֲנָה עָצְמָתָהּ).

("לָכֵן כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי ה', הִנְנִי יִסַּד בְּצִיּוֹן אָבֶן, אֶבֶן בֹּחַן פִּנַּת יִקְרַת מוּסָד מוּסָּד הַמַּאֲמִין לֹא יָחִישׁ" - יְשַׁעְיָהוּ כֹּחַ טז, וְכֵן: "הוּא, עַמְרָם נָגָ'ארָה, יִהְיֶה כְּאֶבֶן בֹּחַן לַפְּעֻלָּה הַזֹּאת בִּשְׁבִיל הָרַבִּים...הַמָּמוֹן - אֶבֶן בֹּחַן הוּא מֵאֵין כָּמוֹהוּ" - י. בּוּרְלָא / כִּסּוּפִים, 247, 253)

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