בֶּן חַיִל

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Hero / brave man / man of deeds

הגדרה (אנגלית)

A hero. Brave. A man of action.

("And the battle was strong… and Saul saw every mighty man and every man of valor, and he gathered them to him" – 1 Samuel 14:52; and also: "And he called to two strong men and said to them, ‘Be strong,’ and they became men of valor" – S.Y. Agnon / Stories of the Baal Shem Tov, The Dead Bride; and also: "He saw me and broke bread with me and said, ‘child of valor’" – S.Y. Agnon / In Her Day; and also: "Hush now, hush, little brother, do not cry, son of valor" – Natan Alterman / A Legend of Children Alone in the Forest; and also: "Tsana Tsana / the girls saw / soldiers in the settlement / do not be afraid / from a man of valor, a soldier" – Yechiel Chagiz / Tsana Tsana)