אַהֲבָה הַתְּלוּיָה בְּדָבָר

ביטוי (אנגלית)

"Love that depends on some cause (benefit)" / Cupboard love / Selfish love

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Self-interested love intended to gain something. Love that depends on a certain benefit or advantage. Refers to love that is not pure. The opposite of this expression is 'love that does not depend on anything'.

("Which is love that depends on some cause? That is the love of Amnon and Tamar, and that which does not depend on anything is the love of David and Jonathan." – Pirkei Avot 5:15; also: "Hemed recalled the ridicule of one of his friends who mocked him and said, 'Your love for Rembrandt is love that depends on some cause, how eager he was… you too.'" – Agnon / Al Kafot HaManul, Givat HaChol, 277; also: "Their friendship was love that did not depend on anything. When they left the room and entered the study hall, they became even closer." – Mordechai Ben Yehezkel / Sefer HaMa’asiyot, Part Four, HaTzadik HaYachaf, 91; also: "My love does not depend on anything / it just drifts within the currents of air / like a tall, long-necked stork / migrating between autumn and spring." – Chaim Hefer / My Love Does Not Depend on Anything)