אֵין יָדוֹ מַשֶּׂגֶת

ביטוי (אנגלית)

He cannot afford to

הגדרה (אנגלית)

He does not have the financial means to obtain (like an arm that cannot reach).

(“And if he is poor and cannot afford it, then he shall take one male lamb for a guilt offering, to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a log of oil”—Leviticus 14:21 (regarding sacrifices according to the word of God to Moses); also: “And his wife was exceedingly hated in his eyes, but he could not afford to pay her the marriage contract”—Abraham Mapu, Ayit Tzavua, 17; also: “I remember, Mother wanted to get him a pair of boots, he told her: you cannot afford it”—H. Hazaz, Broken Millstones, 172)