בַּעֲלוֹת הַשַּׁחַר

ביטוי (אנגלית)

At dawn

הגדרה (אנגלית)

"At dawn" means in the early hours of the morning, at sunrise or slightly before it, when the light begins to pierce the darkness.

("And God appointed the worm at dawn the next day, and it struck the castor-oil plant and it withered" - (Jonah 4:7). Also: "And is it truly darkness? At dawn! The moon sets, the stars set, and the constellations go away; at that hour there is no darkness greater than it. And at that hour the Holy One, blessed be He, answers forever and fills and brings up the dawn from within the darkness, illuminating the world" - (Midrash Shocher Tov 22). Also: "From dawn until the watch of the night—he lay beneath it honored and burdened" - (H. N. Bialik / Jonah the Tailor). Also: "At dawn the rabbi stood to pray, afterwards washed his hands for the morning bread, ate moderately and with intention, as was his custom in holiness, without any change" - (Mordechai Ben Yechezkel/Sefer HaMaasiyot Part Four, In Merit of the Torah, 168). Also: "From dawn into the darkness, he drives the yellow taxi" - (Arik Lavi / The Yellow Taxi).