Be off!/ Go away!

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Be off!/ Go away!

Be off!/ Go away!

Euphemistically: Depart from here.

("And they said, 'Be off!' and said, 'The one has come to sojourn and now shall he judge a judgment ill for you'" - Genesis 19:9 (The men of Sodom to Lot), and likewise: "There were five chief judges in Sodom; Lot was the chief of all of them. When he said words that were agreeable to them, they said, 'Be off!' - go away, and when he said words not agreeable to them, they said, 'The one has come to sojourn and now shall he judge a judgment'" - Midrash Bereishit Rabbah 50, and also: "Have you lost anything from you since I departed from there? Be off, vile man!" - Abraham angry / Ayit Tzavu'a, 109)

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Expression (Hebrew)

גַּשׁ הָלְאָה

Definition (Hebrew)

בִּמְלִיצָה: הִסְתַּלֵּק מִכָּאן.

("וַיֹּאמְרוּ גֶּשׁ הָלְאָה וַיֹּאמְרוּ הָאֶחָד בָּא לָגוּר וַיִּשְׁפֹּט שָׁפוֹט עַתָּה נָרַע לְךָ מֵהֶם"- בְּרֵאשִׁית יט ט (אַנְשֵׁי סְדוֹם לְלוּט ), וְכֵן:"חֲמִשָּׁה רָאשֵׁי דַּיָּנִים הָיוּ בִּסְדוֹם, לוֹט הָיָה אַרְכִי דַּיָּנִים שֶׁבְּכֻלָּם. בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁהָיָה אוֹמֵר לָהֶם דְּבָרִים שֶׁהֵם עֲרֵבִים לָהֶם, הֵם אוֹמְרִים:"גַּשׁ הָלְאָה"- עֲלֵה לְמַעְלָה, וּבְשָׁעָה שֶׁהָיָה אוֹמֵר לָהֶם דְּבָרִים שֶׁאֵין עֲרָבִים לָהֶם, הָיוּ אוֹמְרִים:"הָאֶחָד בָּא לָגוּר וַיִּשְׁפֹּט שָׁפוֹט"- מִדְרַשׁ בְּרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה נ, וְכֵן:"הַאִם נִפְקַד מִמְּךָ מְאוּם מֵאָז יָצָאתִי מִשָּׁם ? גַּשׁ הָלְאָה אִישׁ נִקְלֶה!"- אַבְרָהָם מַאפּוּ/ עַיִט צָבוּעַ, 109)

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