The ascent to the head of his joy

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The ascent to the head of his joy

The ascent to the head of his joy

Figuratively: to rejoice exceedingly over something very important to oneself. By metaphor: there, with first priority.

("If I forget you, Jerusalem, my right hand will forget you. My tongue will stick to my lips if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above the head of my joy" - Tehillim 1:5, and so on: "A man has joy within his house, because he remembers his beloved and sets him above the head of his joy" - Agnon/ Avi Hashor, 265, and so on: "On the head of my joy/ I have sown a seed/ a seed of the flowers of the field/ with one or two thorns" - Naomi Shemer/ on the head of my joy)

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Expression (Hebrew)

הֶעֱלָה עַל רֹאשׁ שִׂמְחָתוֹ

Definition (Hebrew)

בִּמְלִיצָה: שָׂמֵחַ בְּיוֹתֵר בְּדָבָר שֶׁהָיָה חָשׁוּב לוֹ מְאוֹד. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: שָׁם בַּעֲדִיפוּת רִאשׁוֹנָה.

("אִם אֶשְׁכָּחֵךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָם תִּשְׁכַּח יְמִינִי. תִּדְבַּק לְשׁוֹנִי לְחִכִּי אִם לֹא אֶזְכְּרֵכִי אִם לֹא אַעֲלֶה אֶת יְרוּשָׁלִַם עַל רֹאשׁ שִׂמְחָתִי"- תְּהִלִּים קלז ה, וְכֵן:"אָדָם יֵשׁ לוֹ שִׂמְחָה בְּתוֹךְ בֵּיתוֹ מִיָּד זוֹכֵר אֶת אוֹהֲבוֹ וּמַעֲלֶה אוֹתוֹ עַל רֹאשׁ שִׂמְחָתוֹ"-עַגְנוֹן/ אֲבִי הַשּׁוֹר, 265, וְכֵן:"עַל רֹאשׁ שָׂמַחְתִּי/ עָנַדְתִּי זֵר/ זֵר פִּרְחֵי שָׂדֶה/ עִם קוֹץ אֶחָד אוֹ שְׁנַיִם"- נָעֳמִי שֶׁמֶר/ עַל רֹאשׁ שָׂמַחְתִּי)

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