man of God/prophet

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man of God/prophet

man of God/prophet

A holy person. Prophet. Great righteous man.

("And this is the blessing with which Moses, the man of God, blessed the children of Israel before his death" - Deuteronomy 33:1, and also: "A prophet is called by ten names, these are: messenger, faithful one, servant, emissary, seer, watchman, visionary, angel, prophet, man of God" - Avot de Rabbi Nathan D, and also: "And when the people saw the anguish of his soul, they were astonished/ And said: This is none other than a man of God" - Immanuel of Rome (13th century)/ The Inheritance, and also: "This is not human wisdom but the counsel of a man of God to whom the angels were revealed" - S.Y. Agnon/ The Tales of the Baal Shem Tov/ His Father and Mother)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אִישׁ אֱלֹהִים

Definition (Hebrew)

אָדָם קָדוֹשׁ. נָבִיא. צַדִּיק גָּדוֹל.

("וְזֹאת הַבְּרָכָה אֲשֶׁר בֵּרַךְ מֹשֶׁה אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לִפְנֵי מוֹתוֹ" - דְּבָרִים לג א, וְכֵן:"עֲשָׂרָה שְׁמוֹת נִקְרָא נָבִיא, אֵלּוּ הֵם: צִיר, נֶאֱמָן, עֶבֶד, שָׁלִיחַ, חוֹזֶה, צוֹפֶה, רוֹאֶה, מַלְאָךְ, נָבִיא, אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים"- מִדְרָשׁ אָבוֹת דר' נָתָן ד, וְכֵן:"וַיִּהְיוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים בראותם צרת נַפְשׁוֹ תמהים/ וְיֹאמְרוּ: אֵין זֶה כִּי אִם אִישׁ אֱלֹהִים- עִמָּנוּאֵל הָרוֹמִי (הַמֵּאָה הי"ג)/ הַיְּרֻשָּׁה, וְכֵן:"אֵין זֶה שֶׁכָּל אֱנוֹשִׁי כִּי אִם עצת אִישׁ אֱלֹקִים אֲשֶׁר נגלו לוֹ הַמַּלְאָכִים"- ש"י עַגְנוֹן/ סִפּוּרֵי הבעש"ט/ אָבִיו ואמו)

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