An immutable (hard and fast) law/ irrevocable law (חֹוק בֵּל יַעֲבֹור, חֹוק וְלֹא יַעֲבֹור)
An immutable (hard and fast) law/ irrevocable law (חֹוק בֵּל יַעֲבֹור, חֹוק וְלֹא יַעֲבֹור)

An immutable (hard and fast) law/ irrevocable law

A law that cannot be broken. A commandment that cannot be broken. A prohibition that cannot be broken (from: The immutable laws of nature).

("Will you not fear my signs, says the Lord... if you do not obey me, when I have set a boundary for the sea, an everlasting statute, that it may not pass over; and they shall be troubled, and not consumed; and their captivity shall be troubled, and not passed over" - Jeremiah 5:22, and so on: "And a man shall meet a traveler by the way, a man of the sons of Bilibarakah, and shall seek his welfare, and say, "Sell me as the day of your cap!"/ A statute for the sons of "Tiberias is a law of the world, and it shall not be transgressed" - Shaul Tchernikhovsky / Berit Millah, and also: "He would scatter a penny for righteousness and would host a guest in his house on the Sabbath, a law and it shall not be transgressed" - H. Hazaz / Rechaim Sheburim, 11)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

חֹוק בֵּל יַעֲבֹור, חֹוק וְלֹא יַעֲבֹור

Definition (Hebrew)

חֹוק שֶׁאָסוּר לְהָפֵר אוֹתוֹ. הוֹרָאָה שֶׁאֵין לְבַטָּלָה. אִסּוּר שֶׁאֵין לְהָפֵר אוֹתוֹ (בַּמָּקוֹר: חֻקֵּי הַטֶּבַע שֶׁאֵינָם נִתָּנִים לְשִׁנּוּי ).

("הַאוֹתִי לֹא תִירָאוּ נְאֻם ה'... אִם מִפָּנַי לֹא תָחִילוּ אֲשֶׁר שַׂמְתִּי חוֹל גְּבוּל לַיָּם חָק עוֹלָם וְלֹא יַעַבְרֶנְהוּ וַיִּתְגָּעֲשׁוּ וְלֹא יוּכָלוּ וְהָמוּ גַלָּיו וְלֹא יַעַבְרֻנְהוּ"- יִרְמְיָה ה כב, וְכֵן:"וְאִישׁ אִישׁ כִּי יִפְגֹּשׁ בַּדֶּרֶךְ מִבְּנֵי בִּילִיבְּרָקָה נוֹסֵעַ/ וְדָרַשׁ בִּשְׁלוֹמוֹ וְאָמַר:"מָכְרָה לִי כַּיּוֹם כּוֹבָעֲךָ!"/ חֹק לִבְנֵי טְבֶרְיָה הוּא, חֹק עוֹלָם, וְלֹא יַעַבְרוּהוּ"- שָׁאוּל טְשֶׁרְנִיחוֹבְסְקִי/ בְּרִית מִילָה, וְכֵן:"הָיָה מְפַזֵּר פְּרוּטָה לִצְדָקָה וּמַכְנִיס אוֹרֵחַ בְּבֵיתוֹ בְּשַׁבָּת, חֹק וְלֹא יַעֲבֹר"-ח.הָזָז/ רֵחַיִם שְׁבוּרִים, 11)

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