Half a Consolation/ partial consolation
Figuratively: a limited consolation; a small comfort.
("Tyre was not filled except from the destruction of Jerusalem, and if both had been destroyed, Jerusalem would have had the misfortune of others as a half-consolation; but now that one rises and the other falls, it is as though she has been repaid double for all her sins" — Kli Yakar, Deuteronomy, chapter 4; and also: "so that it may be a half-consolation for one who sits in distress, when he sees that others are pained by his trouble" — Pele Yoetz / letter H, comparison)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
חֲצִי נֶחָמָה
Definition (Hebrew)
בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: נֶחָמָה מְסֻויֶּימֶת. נֶחָמָה קְטַנָּה. 'נֶחָמָה פּוּרְתָּא'.
("לֹא נִתְמַלְּאָה צוֹר אֶלָּא מֵחֻרְבָּנָהּ שֶׁל יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, וְאִלּוּ הָיוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם חֲרֵבִים הָיָה לִירוּשָׁלַיִם צָרַת אֲחֵרִים חֲצִי נֶחָמָה, אֲבָל עַכְשָׁו שֶׁזֶּה קָם וְזֶה נוֹפֵל הֲרֵי שֶׁלָּקְחָה כְּפָלִים בְּכָל חֲטָאתִיהָ"- כְּלִי יָקָר דְּבָרִים פֶּרֶק ד, וְכֵן:"לְמַעַן תִּהְיֶה חֲצִי נֶחָמָה לַיּוֹשֵׁב בְּצַעַר בִּרְאוֹתוֹ שֶׁמִּצְטַעֲרִים בְּצָרָתוֹ"- פֶּלֶא יוֹעֵץ/אוֹת ה', הַשְׁוָאָה)