יָצְאָה בַּת קוֹל וְאָמְרָה

ביטוי (אנגלית)

A bat kol came forth and said/ divine voice said

הגדרה (אנגלית)

A heavenly voice spoke; divine providence declared its position.

("For three years the House of Shammai and the House of Hillel disputed: these said, The law is like us, and those said, The law is like us. A bat kol came forth and said: These and those are the words of the living God, but the law follows the House of Hillel. And if these and those are the words of the living God, why did the House of Hillel merit that the law be established like them? Because they were gentle and humble, and they repeated their own words and the words of the House of Shammai. And not only that, but they would place the words of the House of Shammai before their own" — Eruvin 13b; and also: "In this market a bat kol always goes out and proclaims: Hot buns, dear Jews!... May your meal be pleasant, Jews! May the kugel delight your innards!" — Mendel Mocher Sforim, Benjamin the Third, 10, 71; and also: "Why did the heavens tremble? ... From behind the curtain a bat kol came forth: as if He rose from the seat of judgment and sat on the seat of mercy" — Y. Burla, Kissufim, 253; and also: "When Shabbat arrives, they ask one another, What shall we sing now? A bat kol goes forth and says: We have heard songs from the wing of the earth; go to Israel" — Haim Sabato, Ke'af'apei Shachar, 27)