Skin and bones/ bag of bones

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Skin and bones/ bag of bones

Skin and bones/ bag of bones

A pile of bones (also meaning a mound or heap).

(He went out to the market, saw Yehuda ben Gerim, and said: Is there still such a one in the world? He stared at him and made him a wave of bones - Shabbat 34a)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

גַּל שֶׁל עֲצָמוֹת

Definition (Hebrew)

עֲרֵמַת עֲצָמוֹת (גַּל מַשְׁמָע גַּם עֲרֵמָה אוֹ תֵּל).

("נְפַק לְשׁוּקָא, חֲזִיָּה (יָצָא לַשּׁוּק וְרָאָה אֶת ) לִיהוּדָה בֶּן גֵּרִים, אָמַר: עֲדַיִן יֵשׁ לְזֶה בָּעוֹלָם? נָתַן בּוֹ עֵינָיו, וְעָשָׂהוּ גַּל שֶׁל עֲצָמוֹת"-שַׁבָּת לֵד ע"א)

Keyword

expression bones heap thinness mound

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