A cluster of sycamore

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A cluster of sycamore

A cluster of sycamore

Figuratively: a lowly and poor person (grupit means a branch cut off from the root of an olive or sycamore tree for the purpose of new planting).

("There is no judgment from Shaul, son of Reish Lakish; Shaul was a cluster of sycamore, and he wrote: 'And David took the threshing floor and did not offer it'" - Jerusalem Talmud Avodah Zarah 2a)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

גְּרוּפִּית שֶׁל שִׁקְּמָה

Definition (Hebrew)

בִּמְלִיצָה: אָדָם שֵׁפֶל עֵרֶךְ וְדַל (גְּרוּפִּית מַשְׁמָע עָנָף שֶׁנִּכְרַת מֵעִקָּרוֹ שֶׁל עֵץ זַיִת אוֹ שִׁקְּמָה לְשֵׁם נְטִיעָה חֲדָשָׁה).

("אֵין לְמִדִּין מִשָּׁאוּל דְּמַר רֵישׁ לָקִישׁ שָׁאוּל גְּרוֹפִית שֶׁל שִׁקְמָה הָיָה וְהִכְתִּיב וַיִּקַּח דָּוִד אֶת הַגֹּרֶן קָנָה וְלֹא הִקְרִיב"- יְרוּשַׁלְמִי עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה ב, א)

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