הִתְנַעֵר מֵעָפָר

ביטוי (אנגלית)

To shake off dust/ to rise fom dust

הגדרה (אנגלית)

By metaphor: to restore oneself. He succeeded in emerging from the difficult situation he was previously in.

("I have shaken myself from the dust of my ascent, O captive Jerusalem; I have opened the gates of your captivity, O daughter of Zion" - Isaiah 2:11, and so: "I have shaken myself from the dust of my ascent/ I have put on the garments of your glory among my people/ At the hand of the son of Jesse, the house of the breadwinner/ Near to my soul, its redemption" - R. Shlomo the Levite Elkabetz/ Piyyut "Lecha Dodi" said at night Sabbath)