הִתְקַנֵּא בּוֹ
קִינֵּא בּוֹ. חָשׁ אִי נוֹחוּת אוֹ כַּעַס מֵהַצְלָחָתוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם אַחֵר.
("מִכְּלָל דְּבֵית חוֹנְיוֹ לָאו עֲבוֹדַת כּוֹכָבִים הוּא... אוֹתָהּ שָׁנָה שֶׁמֵּת שִׁמְעוֹן הַצַּדִּיק...בִּשְׁעַת פְּטִירָתוֹ, אָמַר לָהֶם: חוֹנְיוֹ בְּנִי יְשַׁמֵּשׁ תַּחְתַּי. נִתְקַנֵּא בּוֹ שִׁמְעִי אָחִיו...שֶׁהָיָה גָּדוֹל מִמֶּנּוּ שְׁתֵּי שָׁנִים וּמֶחֱצָה, אָמַר לוֹ: בֹּא וַאֲלַמֶּדְךָ סֵדֶר עֲבוֹדָה, הִלְבִּישׁוֹ בְּאֻנְקְלִי וַחֲגָרוֹ בְּצִלְצוֹל, הֶעֱמִידוּ אֵצֶל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ...בִּקְּשׁוּ אֶחָיו הַכֹּהֲנִים לְהָרְגוֹ, רָץ מִפְּנֵיהֶם וְרָצוּ אַחֲרָיו, הָלַךְ לַאֲלֶכְּסַנְדְּרִיָּא שֶׁל מִצְרַיִם וּבָנָה שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ וְהֶעֱלָה עָלָיו לְשׁוּם עֲבוֹדַת כּוֹכָבִים...דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. אָמַר לוֹ רַבִּי יְהוּדָה: לֹא כָּךְ הָיָה מַעֲשֶׂה, אֶלָּא...הָלַךְ לַאֲלֶכְּסַנְדְּרִיָּא שֶׁל מִצְרַיִם וּבָנָה שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ וְהֶעֱלָה עָלָיו לְשֵׁם שָׁמַיִם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (יְשַׁעְיָהוּ יט) בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִהְיֶה מִזְבֵּחַ לַה' בְּתוֹךְ אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם"- מְנָחוֹת קָט ע"ב)
תרגום
ביטוי (אנגלית)
To be jealous/ envy him
הגדרה (אנגלית)
He envied him. He felt neither comfort nor anger at the success of another person.
("From the beginning of the work of the stars, he... That was the year that Simon the righteous was born... At the hour of his departure, he said to them: My son Simon will serve under me. His brother Shimei was jealous of him... who was two and a half years older than him, he said to him: Come, and I will teach you the order of work, he dressed him in a robe and girded him with a ring, he stood by me The altar... His brother priests sought to kill him, he ran from them and pursued him, he went to Alexandria in Egypt and built an altar there and offered sacrifices to the stars... The words of Rabbi Meir. Rabbi Yehuda said to him: It was not done like that, but... he went to Alexandria in Egypt and built an altar there And the ascension of the Lord to the name of heaven, as it is said (Isaiah 19:19) "In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt" - Menahot 19:2)