Within My People I Dwell (בְּתוֹךְ עַמִּי אֲנִי יוֹשֵׁב)
Within My People I Dwell (בְּתוֹךְ עַמִּי אֲנִי יוֹשֵׁב)

Within My People I Dwell

Figuratively: I understand well what’s going on around me; I’m realistic; I’m not living in an ivory tower.

("What shall I do for you? Is there anything to speak for you to the king or to the captain of the army? And she said, 'Within my people I dwell.'" - 2 Kings 4:13 (The conversation of the prophet Elisha with the Shunammite), and likewise: "Within my people I dwell, and as one of them I am together with all, bearing responsibility for all that is done." - Isaiah Leibovitz / Letters to Isaiah Leibovitz and from him, 473)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בְּתוֹךְ עַמִּי אֲנִי יוֹשֵׁב

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: אֲנִי מֵבִין וְיוֹדֵעַ הֵיטֵב אֶת הַמִּתְרַחֵשׁ סְבִיבִי. אֲנִי מְצִיאוּתִי. אֵינֶנִּי סָפוּן 'בְּמִגְדַּל שֵׁן'.

("מֶה לַעֲשׂוֹת לָךְ, הֲיֵשׁ לְדַבֶּר לָךְ אֶל הַמֶּלֶךְ אוֹ אֶל שַׂר הַצָּבָא? וַתֹּאמֶר בְּתוֹךְ עַמִּי אָנֹכִי יֹשָׁבֶת"- מְלָכִים ב ד יג (שִׂיחַת הַנָּבִיא אֱלִישָׁע עִם שׁוּנַמִּית), וְכֵן:"בְּתוֹךְ עַמִּי אֲנִי יוֹשֵׁב, וּכְאֶחָד מִמֶּנּוּ אֲנִי יַחַד עִם כֻּלָּם נוֹשֵׂא בָּאַחְרָיוּת לְכָל הַנַּעֲשֶׂה"- יְשַׁעְיָהוּ לֵיבּוֹבִיץ/ מִכְתָּבִים לִישַׁעְיָהוּ לֵיבּוֹבִיץ וּמִמֶּנּוּ, 473)

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