Came out with half his desire in hand

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Came out with half his desire in hand

Did not achieve everything he wanted in the matter; achieved only part of what he had planned.

("A person does not leave the world with even half his desire in hand, but rather, if he has a hundred, he wants to make them two hundred" — Kohelet Rabbah 1:13)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יָצָא וָחֵצִי תַּאֲוָותוֹ בְּיָדוֹ

Definition (Hebrew)

לֹא הִשִּׂיג אֶת כָּל מָה שֶׁרָצָה לְהַשִּׂיג בְּאוֹתוֹ הָעִנְיָין. הִשִּׂיג רַק חֵלֶק מִמָּה שֶׁתִּכְנֵן.

("אֵין אָדָם יוֹצֵא מִן הָעוֹלָם וַחֲצִי תַּאֲוָתוֹ בְּיָדוֹ, אֶלָּא אָן אִית לֵהּ מֵאָה בָּעֵי לְמֶעְבַּד יִתְהוּן תְּרַתִּין מֵאוֹוֶן (תַּרְגּוּם:אֶלָּא מִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ מֵאָה רוֹצֶה לַעֲשׂוֹתָם מָאתַיִם)"- קֹהֶלֶת רַבָּה א יג)

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