בְּמַר נַפְשׁוֹ, בְּמַר לִבּוֹ

ביטוי (אנגלית)

With bitterness of soul, with grief of heart

הגדרה (אנגלית)

In bitterness. In heartache.

("And they shaved their heads toward you, girded themselves with sackcloth, and wept to you with bitterness of soul, mourning bitterly" – Ezekiel 27:51; also: "By the rivers of Babylon we sat and also wept... Although they spoke against Israel, they spoke again about the Lord; when Israel was exiled, the Temple destroyed, and its Sanhedrin uprooted, the Lord wept over them with bitterness of soul and bewailed them" – Pesiqta Rabbati, section 28, By the Rivers of Babylon; also: "For one not accepted in repentance, if he should resolve to return, he would die immediately; then he cried and wept with bitterness of soul" – Yad HaMelekh, Laws of Idolatry, ch. 2; and: "And in fear of the news all the neighbors came, and wept with bitterness of soul all night" – S. Y. Agnon / Ele V’Ele, The Excluded, 21)