Stout/ corpulent/ portly

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Stout/ corpulent/ portly

Stout/ corpulent/ portly

A fat person. One who has a heavy weight.

(When Israel went out from Egypt. This is what the scripture said, that Egypt rejoiced at their going out. Rabbi Berekhyah said a proverb to Baal Basar who was riding on the donkey, one says, 'When shall I get down from the donkey?' and the other says, 'When shall he get down from me?' The time to get down came, and I do not know who rejoiced more — Midrash Tehillim (Buber) Psalm 109. Similarly: The sages made a proverb about Baal Basar who was riding on a donkey; the donkey waits for when he will get down from it, and he waits for when he will get down from his donkey — Agnon / And the Crooked Shall Be Made Straight, End of Chapter 100.)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בַּעַל בָּשָׂר

Definition (Hebrew)

אָדָם שָׁמֵן. בַּעַל מִשְׁקָל גָּבוֹהַּ.

("בְּצֵאת יִשְׂרָאֵל מִמִּצְרַיִם. זֶהוּ שֶׁאָמַר הַכָּתוּב שָׂמֵחַ מִצְרַיִם בְּצֵאתָם. אָמַר ר' בֶּרֶכְיָה מָשָׁל לְבַעַל בָּשָׂר שֶׁהָיָה רוֹכֵב עַל הַחֲמוֹר, זֶה אוֹמֵר מָתַי אֵרֵד מִן הַחֲמוֹר, וְזֶה אוֹמֵר מָתַי יָרַד זֶה מֵעָלַי, הִגִּיעַ זְמַן שֶׁיָּרַד, וְאֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ מִי שָׂמֵחַ בְּיוֹתֵר"-מִדְרַשׁ תְּהִלִּים (בּוּבֶּר) מִזְמוֹר קיד,וְכֵן:"מָשָׁל מָשְׁלוּ חֲכָמִים בְּבַעַל בָּשָׂר שֶׁהָיָה רוֹכֵב עַל הַחֲמוֹר,חֲמוֹר מְצַפֶּה אֵימַת יָרַד מִמֶּנּוּ וְהוּא מְצַפֶּה אֵימַת יֵרֵד מֵעַל חֲמוֹרוֹ"-עַגְנוֹן / וְהָיָה הֶעָקֹב לְמִישׁוֹר,סוֹף דָּבָר, 100)

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