ה' יקום דמו, הי"ד

ביטוי (אנגלית)

May the Lord avenge his blood!

הגדרה (אנגלית)

An expression of a wish that the Lord will avenge or punish the one who killed him and spilled his blood (the expression 'vengeance of blood' originates in the Bible, for example in Isaiah 35:4: 'Behold, your God will come with vengeance, God’s recompense will come, and he will save you').

("It seems I heard from your holy father 'May the Lord avenge his blood', who once carried keys outside the eruv and thus throughout his life carried keys in his hand and not on a belt because of the fence's atonement" - Responsa Maharil, Sign 138; and also: 'This is the chronicle of the city Bitshatsch ... so that our children who will arise after us will know that our city was full of Torah, wisdom and love ... from the day it was founded until the abominable, impure and insane ones who came with it and destroyed it. May the Lord avenge the blood of His servants and repay His enemies' - Agnon / Introduction to the book 'Ir U'Mloah'; and also: 'My brother, the young man Israel, may the Lord avenge his blood - thus my aunt called my uncle, who was killed in the War of Independence' - Haim Be'er / Feathers, 55)