To cast lots, to draw lots (casting lots)
The value of the lottery.
("And he cast lots for them, and his hand divided it to them in a row, that they should inherit it forever, from generation to generation they should dwell in it" - Isaiah 17, and so on: "He said (Yahweh): Lord of the universe, who has sinned? - He said to him: And who am I, a accuser (slanderer) before you? He cast lots" - Sanhedrin, Isaiah 17, and so on: "I have scattered all my house and my clothes, they did not "They sold and their descendants did not cast lots" - Abraham Mapu/ Ait Tsebua, 19, and so on: "But the quarrel is not forever! The inheritance was cast by lot/ The debts of the heirs were paid off, and the children grew up and began/ They too fought against their fathers" - Shaul Tchernikhovsky/ Eli)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִפִּיל גּוֹרָל, הֵטִיל גּוֹרָל (הֵטַלְתְּ גּוֹרָל)
Definition (Hebrew)
עֵרֶךְ הַגְרָלָה.
("וְהוּא הִפִּיל לָהֶן גּוֹרָל וְיָדוֹ חִלְּקַתָּה לָהֶם בַּקָּו עַד עוֹלָם יִירָשׁוּהָ לְדוֹר וָדוֹר יִשְׁכְּנוּ בָהּ"- יְשַׁעְיָהוּ לֵד יז, וְכֵן:"אָמַר (יְהוֹשֻׁעַ לָה'): רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם , מִי חָטָא?- אָמַר לוֹ: וְכִי דִּלְטוּר (מַלְשִׁין ) אֲנִי לְפָנֶיךָ? הָטֵל גּוֹרָלוֹת"- סַנְהֶדְרִין יָא ע"א, וְכֵן:"זוּלָתִי כְּלִי בֵּיתִי וּבִגְדִי, אוֹתָם לֹא מָכְרוּ וַעֲלֵיהֶם לֹא הִפִּילוּ גּוֹרָל"- אַבְרָהָם מַאפּוּ/ עַיִט צָבוּעַ, 19, וְכֵן:"אַךְ לֹא לְעוֹלָם הָרִיב! הַיְּרֻשָּׁה הִפִּילוּ בַּגּוֹרָל/ חוֹבוֹת הַלָּקוֹחוֹת נִפְרְעוּ, וְהַיְּלָדִים גָּדְלוּ וְהִתְחִילוּ/ בְּרִיב אֲבוֹתֵיהֶם גַּם הֵם"- שָׁאוּל טְשֶׁרְנִיחוֹבְסְקִי/ אֵלִי)