אֶחָד מֵאֶלֶף, אֶחָד מִינִי אֶלֶף, אֶחָד מֵאֶלֶף מָצָאתִי

ביטוי (אנגלית)

One in a thousand

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Figuratively: extremely rare; one among a thousand.

("That which my soul still seeks but has not found: one man among a thousand I have found, but a woman among all these I have not found" – Ecclesiastes 7:28; and "If there be for him an angel, an intercessor, one among a thousand, to declare to man his uprightness" – Job 33:23; and "Then I asked: at such a time, like a dog / hungry, cast out in the cold / will there be one in a thousand / to pass me with a sigh?" – H.N. Bialik, A Faithful Tear; and "Perhaps I shall have an intercessor, one among a thousand, to declare my righteousness and remove from me disgrace and shame" – Abraham Mapu, The Painted Vulture, ch. 15).