Strengthen weak hands and steady faltering knees (חַזְּקוּ יָדַיִם רָפוֹת וּבִרְכַּיִם כֹּשְׁלוֹת אַמֵּצוּ)
Strengthen weak hands and steady faltering knees (חַזְּקוּ יָדַיִם רָפוֹת וּבִרְכַּיִם כֹּשְׁלוֹת אַמֵּצוּ)

Strengthen weak hands and steady faltering knees

A call for social solidarity and the need to encourage and support the weak in society.

("Strengthen weak hands and steady faltering knees" — Isaiah 35:3, and also: "and when he saw faltering knees, he strengthened them with consolations, if his hand was too short to save" — Abraham Mapu / The Painted Bird, 69)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

חַזְּקוּ יָדַיִם רָפוֹת וּבִרְכַּיִם כֹּשְׁלוֹת אַמֵּצוּ

Definition (Hebrew)

קְרִיאָה לְסוֹלִידָרִיּוּת חֶבְרָתִית וְהַצֹּרֶךְ בְּעִידוּד הַחַלָּשִׁים בַּחֶבְרָה וּתְמִיכָה בָּהֶם.

("חַזְּקוּ יָדַיִם רָפוֹת וּבִרְכַּיִם כֹּשְׁלוֹת אַמֵּצוּ"- יְשַׁעְיָהוּ לָהּ ג, וְכֵן:"וּבִרְאוֹתוֹ בִּרְכַּיִם כּוֹשְׁלוֹת מְאַמְּצָם בְּתַנְחֻמוֹת אֶל, אִם קָצְרָה יָדוֹ מֵהוֹשִׁיעַ"- אַבְרָהָם מַאפּוּ/ עַיִט צָבוּעַ, 69)

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