Fish in the Sea - Every Big One Swallows Its Fellow (דָּגִים שֶׁבַּיָּם -כָּל הַגָּדוֹל מֵחֲבֵרוֹ בּוֹלֵעַ אֶת חֲבֵרוֹ)
Fish in the Sea - Every Big One Swallows Its Fellow (דָּגִים שֶׁבַּיָּם -כָּל הַגָּדוֹל מֵחֲבֵרוֹ בּוֹלֵעַ אֶת חֲבֵרוֹ)

Fish in the Sea - Every Big One Swallows Its Fellow

The strong one is he who rules and not he who is just. Describes a situation of 'every predator prevails.' The strong consumes the weak.

("What are fish in the sea? Every big one swallows its fellow; so too with men—if not for the awe of the kingdom, every big one would swallow his fellow" - Avodah Zarah 4a)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

דָּגִים שֶׁבַּיָּם -כָּל הַגָּדוֹל מֵחֲבֵרוֹ בּוֹלֵעַ אֶת חֲבֵרוֹ

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הֶחָזָק הוּא שֶׁשּׁוֹלֵט וְלֹא מִי שֶׁצּוֹדֵק. תֵּאוּר מַצָּב שֶׁל "כָּל דְּאַלִּים גָּבַר". הֶחָזָק אוֹכֵל אֶת הַחַלָּשׁ.

("מָה דָּגִים שֶׁבַּיָּם-כָּל הַגָּדוֹל מֵחֲבֵרוֹ בּוֹלֵעַ אֶת חֲבֵרוֹ, אַף בְּנֵי אָדָם - אִלְמָלֵא מוֹרָאָה שֶׁל מַלְכוּת, כָּל הַגָּדוֹל מֵחֲבֵרוֹ בּוֹלֵעַ אֶת חֲבֵרוֹ"- עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה ד ע"א)

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