אִישׁ תָּם יֹשֵׁב אֹהָלִים

ביטוי (אנגלית)

a simple man dwelling in tents

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Figuratively: a description of an innocent person who mainly lives in his own world or at home and is not deeply involved in worldly affairs. Or: a person who diligently studies Torah (found 'in the tent of Torah').

("And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a simple man, dwelling in tents"—Genesis 25:27, and also: "And my father removed my head and gave me to a simple man dwelling in tents, and he was forty years old, as a dweller in the land of translation, and I am now in the prime of my youth, and the time of love has come to me today"—Abraham Mapu / Ayit Tzavua, 81)