Dalphon

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Dalphon

Dalphon

A nickname for a person who suffers from financial difficulties. A person without economic abilities (originally referring to one of Haman's sons).

("And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha... the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews" - Esther 9:7; and also: "When I enter the courtyard - who is there? Blind, lame, and also Dalphon,/ the walls of the house touching, and Aba and Silly in the middle" - Shaul Tchernichovsky / Levivot; and also: "There are those who live in a shabby hut/ There are those who dwell in a palace/ The third has a permanent apartment/ And the fourth lives in a Dalphon tin" - Ya Mishlatei / Y. Mohar; and also: "Aravot: The other Dalphon guarantee,/ that Dal is the second son of Ashrai" - Hananiah Reichman / Proverbs and Mottos, Financial Laws)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

דַּלְפוֹן

Definition (Hebrew)

כִּנּוּי לְאָדָם שֶׁסּוֹבֵל מִקְּשָׁיֵי מָמוֹן. אָדָם לְלֹא יְכוֹלוֹת כַּלְכָּלִיּוֹת (בַּמָּקוֹר הַכַּוָּנָה לְאֶחָד מִבְּנֵי הָמָן).

("וְאֵת פַּרְשַׁנְדָּתָא וְאֵת דַּלְפוֹן וְאֵת אַסְפָּתָא... עֲשֶׂרֶת בְּנֵי הָמָן בֶּן הַמְּדָתָא צֹרֵר הַיְּהוּדִים"- אֶסְתֵּר ט ז, וְכֵן:"בְּבוֹאִי בֶּחָצֵר- מִי שָׁם? עִוֵּר, פִּסֵּחַ וְעוֹד דַּלְפוֹן,/ כָּתְלֵי הַבַּיִת הַנּוּגִים, וְאַבָּא וָסִילִי בַּתָּוֶךְ"- שָׁאוּל טְשֶׁרְנִיחוֹבְסְקִי/ לְבִיבוֹת, וְכֵן:"יֵשׁ מִי שֶׁגָּר בִּצְרִיף רָעוּעַ/ יֵשׁ מִי שׁוֹכֵן בְּתוֹךְ אַרְמוֹן/ שְׁלִישִׁי יֵשׁ לוֹ שִׁכּוּן קָבוּעַ/ וְלָרְבִיעִי בְּדוֹן דַּלְפוֹן"- יָא מִשְׁלְטֵי/ י. מֹהַר, וְכֵן:"עֲרָבוֹת: אִשּׁוּר דַּלְפוֹן אַחְרָאִי,/ שֶׁדַּל שֵׁנִי הוּא בַּר אַשְׁרַאי"- חֲנַנְיָה רַיְכְמָן/ פִּתְגָּמִים וּמִכְתָּמִים, דִּינֵי מָמוֹנוֹת)

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