To overdo/ exaggerate/ overstep the bounds/ over fill

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To overdo/ exaggerate/ overstep the bounds/ over fill

To overdo/ exaggerate/ overstep the bounds/ over fill

Figuratively: to exaggerate. To cross the boundary (גָּדַשׁ literally means to heap or fill. סְאָה refers to an ancient measure of volume).

("Motenitin: These are the laws said at the ascension of Hananiah son of Hezekiah son of Garon when they went to visit him, etc. That day was hard for Israel like the day the golden calf was made. Rabbi Leizer says about it: 'On that day they overfilled the se'ah' - Jerusalem Talmud Shabbat 1, 4. Also: 'The intelligence... as when it overfilled the se'ah, until it began to dig a tunnel under the flag of the nation and its existence, and many of the Jews began to dig a tunnel under the flag of the nation, and many of the Jews began to transfer their seed to Moloch' - Berdyczewski/Writings, 2, 84. Also: 'The prophet Halah from the beginning, for so the matter will be. Except that he slightly overfilled the se'ah' - Shalom Aleichem/In the Prison, 273. Also: 'The se'ah was overfilled... every wrath of his gaze and evil of his eyes in a single point' - Bialik/Arieh Baal Guf, 7, Led.)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

גָּדַשׁ אֶת הַסְּאָה, הִגְדִּישׁ אֶת הַסְּאָה

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הַגַּזִּים. עָבַר אֶת הַגְּבוּל (גָּדַשׁ מַשְׁמָע צַבָּר אוֹ מִלֵּא. סְאָה מַשְׁמָע מִדַּת נֶפַח עַתִּיקָה).

("מָתְנִיתִין: אֵלּוּ מֵהִלְכוֹת שֶׁאָמְרוּ בַּעֲלִיַּת חֲנַנְיָה בֶּן חִזְקִיָּה בֶּן גָּרוֹן כְּשֶׁעָלוּ לְבַקְּרוֹ כו'. אוֹתוֹ הַיּוֹם הָיָה קָשֶׁה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל כַּיּוֹם שֶׁנַּעֲשָׂה בּוֹ הָעֵגֶל. רַבִּי לְיַעְזֵר אוֹמֵר בּוֹ בַּיּוֹם גָּדְשׁוּ אֶת הַסְּאָה"-יְרוּשַׁלְמִי שַׁבָּת א, ד, וְכֵן:"הַהַשְׂכָּלָה...כַּאֲשֶׁר גָּדְשָׁה אֶת הַסְּאָה, עַד כִּי הֵחֵלָּה לַחְתֹּר חֲתִירָה תַּחַת דֶּגֶל הָאֻמָּה וְקִיּוּמָהּ, וְרַבִּים מֵהַיְּהוּדִים הֵחֵלּוּ לַחְתֹּר חֲתִירָה תַּחַת דֶּגֶל הָאֻמָּה, וְרַבִּים מֵהַיְּהוּדִים הֵחֵלּוּ לְהַעֲבִיר זַרְעָם לְמוּלְךָ"- בֶּרְדִּיצֶ'בְסְקִי/ כְּתָבִים, ב, 84, וְכֵן:"הַלָּה נִבֵּא מֵרֹאשׁ, כִּי כֵן יִהְיֶה הַדָּבָר. אֶלָּא שֶׁהִגְדִּישׁ קְצָת אֶת הַסְּאָה"-שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ בְּבֵית הָאֲסוּרִים, רלב, וְכֵן:"הַסְּאָה נִגְדְּשָׁה...כָּל זַעַם מַבָּטוֹ וְרֹעַ עֵינָיו בִּנְקֻדָּה אַחַת"-בְּיָאלִיק/ אַרְיֵה בַּעַל גּוּף, ז, לֵד)

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