Going and Becoming Poor
He becomes weak. He becomes poor (poor means poor and also thin).
("The hands of the mighty are weak, but they will attain the goal of redemption/ But in their spirit and in the bitterness of their speech they will advance the face of the created/ A people separated, walking and poor/ And their speech walking and high" -R. Judah the Levite/ Piyut for forgiveness, and so:"My strength walking and poor/ Would that it were good for me/ Would that it were a bridge of strength to me, Than to overcome the abyss of Toga/ Than to overcome the Toga of my days" -Rachel/ My Strength (walking and walking)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הוֹלֵךְ וְדַל
Definition (Hebrew)
הוֹלֵךְ וְנִהְיֶה חַלָּשׁ. אַט אַט הוֹפֵךְ לִהְיוֹת דַּל (דַּל מַשְׁמָע עָנִי וְגַם רָזֶה).
("יְדֵי רָשִׁים נֶחֱלָשִׁים, מֵהַשִּׂיג דֵּי כּוֹפְרָם/ אֲבָל בְּרוּחָם וּמַר שִׂיחָם יְקַדְּמוּ אֶת פָּנַי יוֹצְרָם/ עַם נִבְדָּל הוֹלֵךְ וְדַל/ וְשִׂיחוֹ הוֹלֵךְ וְרָם "-ר' יְהוּדָה הַלֵּוִי/ פִּיּוּט לִסְלִיחוֹת, וְכֵן:"כּוֹחִי הוֹלֵךְ וְדַל/ הָיָה נָא טוֹב אֱלֵי/ הָיָה לִי גֶּשֶׁר צַר מֵעַל לִתְהוֹם תּוּגָה/ מֵעַל תּוּגַת יָמַי"-רָחֵל/ כּוֹחִי הוֹלֵךְ וָדַל)