We Were Like Dreamers
We felt as if we were in a dream. We were very happy. The expression of the hope that the light of a dream had come true.
("Song of Praises: When the Lord brings back Zion, we will be like those who dream. Then our mouths will be filled with joy, and our tongues will sing" - Tehillim 1:1, and so on: "And wine will go down to the righteous, / We will drink it, and we will be like those who dream" - Proverbs of the son of Shlomo Difiara (13th century) / On the day of the Sagerir, and so on: "When the Lord brings back Zion, / We will be like those who dream about you / "In the nightfall in the desert, I will speak about you" - Jonathan gave/ dreams about you, and so: "After years of great fear/ he returned to the land of his fathers/ he said "we were like dreamers" -/ but we were not freed from his nightmares" - Naomi Shemer/ Paranoid)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הָיִינוּ כְּחוֹלְמִים
Definition (Hebrew)
הִרְגַּשְׁנוּ כְּמוֹ בְּתוֹךְ חֲלוֹם.שָׂמַחְנוּ מְאוֹד. בִּטּוּי הַמְּבַטֵּא אֹשֶׁר לְאוֹר הִתְגַּשְּׁמוּת חֲלוֹם.
("שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת בְּשׁוּב ה' אֶת שִׁיבַת צִיּוֹן הָיִינוּ כְּחֹלְמִים.אָז יִמָּלֵא שְׂחוֹק פִּינוּ וּלְשׁוֹנֵנוּ רִנָּה"- תְּהִלִּים קכו א, וְכֵן:"וְיַיִן רֶקַח לְמֵישָׁרִין יְהַלֵּךְ/ שְׁתִינוּהוּ וְהָיִינוּ כְּחוֹלְמִים"- מְשַׁלֵּם בֶּן שְׁלֹמֹה דִּיפֵּיָארָה (הַמֵּאָה הי"ג)/ בְּיוֹם סַגְרִיר, וְכֵן:"בְּשׁוּב הָאֵל שִׁיבַת צִיּוֹן/ הָיִינוּ כְּחֹלְמִים עָלַיִךְ/ בִּנְפֹל הַלַּיְלָה בַּמִּדְבָּר עַל צְאֵלַיִךְ"- נָתָן יוֹנָתָן/ חוֹלְמִים עָלַיִךְ, וְכֵן:"אַחַר שָׁנִים שֶׁל פַּחַד שָׁוְא/ חָזַר אֶל אֶרֶץ אֲבוֹתָיו/ אָמַר "הָיִינוּ כְּחוֹלְמִים"-/ אַךְ לֹא נִפְטַר מִסִּיּוּטָיו"- נָעֳמִי שֶׁמֶר/ פָּרָנוֹאִיד)