May his clods be sweet to him/ May he rest in peace! / "May his dust be sweet!"
A blessing said for a deceased person, wishing that he rest in peace in his grave (that the clods of the earth be sweet for him).
("Sweet were the clods of the valley to him, and after him all men will draw, while before him there is no number" — Job 21:33; and likewise: "He clung to his mound, and his clods were sweet to him / and the harvest and saturation from their kidneys" — H.N. Bialik; / "He will carve for himself as he wishes," and likewise: "May his clods be sweet to him, bitter may the clods of his dust be sweet to him" — Natan Yonatan, / Two Voices of Love)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
יִמְתָּקוּ לוֹ רְגָבָיו
Definition (Hebrew)
בְּרָכָה הַנֶּאֱמֶרֶת לְאָדָם שֶׁמֵּת שֶׁיָּנוּחַ עַל מִשְׁכָּבוֹ בְּשָׁלוֹם (שֶׁרִגְבֵי הָאֲדָמָה יִהְיוּ מְתוּקִים עֲבוּרוֹ).
("מָתְקוּ לוֹ רִגְבֵי נָחַל וְאַחֲרָיו כָּל אָדָם יִמְשׁוֹךְ וּלְפָנָיו אֵין מִסְפָּר"- אִיּוֹב כא לג, וְכֵן:"וְדָבַק בְּתִלּוֹ , וּמִתְקוֹ לוֹ רְגָבָיו/ וּמַצָּה וְרָוֶה מִכַּלְיוֹתָם לְשַׁד"- ח.נ. בְּיָאלִיק/ יְנַסֵּר לוֹ כִּלְבָבוֹ, וְכֵן:"יִמְתָּקוּ לוֹ, מַר יִמְתָּקוּ לוֹ רִגְבֵי עֲפָרָיו"- נָתָן יוֹנָתָן/ שְׁנֵי קוֹלוֹת אַהֲבָה)