To live long/be long-lived/ (longevity/ length of days)
He reached an extraordinary old age.
("And if you walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days" - 1 Kings 3:1 (God to Solomon), and so: "Your seed shall see that I will lengthen your days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand" Isaiah 51:10, and so: "And I will answer and say: Thus you have spoken and the words of old/ I have made them old and will restore/ and you will prolong them. "Days are yet to return from when I was born" - Immanuel the Roman (13th century) / Inheritance, and therefore: "I have not seen my father many times, his days with me have not been long / While I was still young and small, and before I was satisfied, his image... / Death took me from me, he separated us both, we will prevail" - H.N. Bialik / Orphan, and therefore: "Who can prolong the days In green?/Or is it a delicate color, a wheat color of the illusions of Marut" - Nathan Yonatan/ In late summer)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הֶאֱרִיךְ יָמִים (אֲרִיכוּת יָמִים, אֹרֶךְ יָמִים)
Definition (Hebrew)
הִגִּיעַ לְזִקְנָה מֻפְלֶגֶת.
("וְאִם תֵּלֵךְ בִּדְרָכַי לִשְׁמֹר חֻקַּי וּמִצְוֹתַי כַּאֲשֶׁר הָלַךְ דָּוִיד אָבִיךָ וְהַאֲרַכְתִּי אֶת יָמֶיךָ"- מְלָכִים א ג יָד (ה' לִשְׁלֹמֹה), וְכֵן:"יִרְאֶה זֶרַע יַאֲרִיךְ יָמִים וְחֵפֶץ ה' בְּיָדוֹ יִצְלָח" יְשַׁעְיָהוּ נג י, וְכֵן:"וְאַעַן וְאוֹמֵר: כֵּן דִּבַּרְתָּ וְהַדְּבָרִים עַתִּיקִים/ אָמְנָם זָקַנְתִּי וְשַׁבְתִּי/ וְלוֹ תַּאֲרִיכוֹן יָמִים עוֹד תְּשׁוּבוֹן מֵאֲשֶׁר שַׁבְּתַי"- עִמָּנוּאֵל הָרוֹמִי ( הַמֵּאָה הי"ג)/ הַיְּרֻשָּׁה, וְכֵן:"לֹא רַבַּת רָאִיתִי אֶת אָבִי, לֹא אָרְכוּ יָמָיו עִמִּי/ בְּעוֹדֶנִּי רַךְ וְקָטָן וּבְטֶרֶם אֶשְׂבַּע צַלְמוֹ.../ לָקְחוּ הַמָּוֶת מֵעָלַי, הִפְרִיד בֵּין שְׁנֵינוּ נֶצַח"- ח.נ. בְּיָאלִיק/ יַתְמוּת , וְכֵן:"מִי יָכוֹל לְהַאֲרִיךְ יָמִים בְּיָרֹק?/אוֹתוֹ צֶבַע רָגִישׁ, צֶבַע כָּמֵשׁ שֶׁל אַשְׁלָיוֹת מָרוּת"- נָתָן יוֹנָתָן/ בַּקַּיִץ הַמְּאֻחָר)