Seeing opium, seeing opium
Inquiry: Hard work that causes sweat. A lot of effort.
("By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for from it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return" - Genesis 39 (God to Adam), and also: "But without me the things had not been from the beginning/without me/from the beginning I have not been hired with a hireling/for his servant by the sweat of my face" - Rachel/ But without me the things had not been..., and also: "And he went out, went out "The son of the broad Negev/ With the sweat of his brow he waters one patch after another" - Shmuel Fisher/ Poem on a Tree)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
זֵיעַת אַפַּיִים, בְּזֵיעַת אַפָּיו
Definition (Hebrew)
בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: עֲבוֹדָה קָשָׁה הַגּוֹרֶמֶת לְזֵעָה. מַאֲמָץ רַב.
("בְּזֵעַת אַפֶּיךָ תֹּאכַל לֶחֶם עַד שׁוּבְךָ אֶל הָאֲדָמָה כִּי מִמֶּנָּה לֻקָּחְתָּ כִּי עָפָר אַתָּה וְאֶל עָפָר תָּשׁוּב"- בְּרֵאשִׁית ג יט (ה' לָאָדָם ), וְכֵן:"וְאוּלַי לֹא הָיוּ הַדְּבָרִים מֵעוֹלָם/אוּלַי/ מֵעוֹלָם לֹא הִשְׁכַּמְתִּי עִם שַׁחַר לַגַּן/ לְעַבְּדוֹ בְּזֵעַת אַפִּי"- רָחֵל/ וְאוּלַי לֹא הָיוּ הַדְּבָרִים..., וְכֵן:"וְיָצָא יָצָא הַבֵּן אֶל מֶרְחֲבֵי הַנֶּגֶב/ בְּזֵעַת אַפָּיו הַשָּׁקָה רֶגֶב אַחַר רֶגֶב"- שְׁמוּאֵל פִּישֶׁר/ שִׁיר עַל עֵץ)