One in a thousand

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One in a thousand

One in a thousand

Figuratively: extremely rare; one among a thousand.

("That which my soul still seeks but has not found: one man among a thousand I have found, but a woman among all these I have not found" – Ecclesiastes 7:28; and "If there be for him an angel, an intercessor, one among a thousand, to declare to man his uprightness" – Job 33:23; and "Then I asked: at such a time, like a dog / hungry, cast out in the cold / will there be one in a thousand / to pass me with a sigh?" – H.N. Bialik, A Faithful Tear; and "Perhaps I shall have an intercessor, one among a thousand, to declare my righteousness and remove from me disgrace and shame" – Abraham Mapu, The Painted Vulture, ch. 15).

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֶחָד מֵאֶלֶף, אֶחָד מִינִי אֶלֶף, אֶחָד מֵאֶלֶף מָצָאתִי

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: נָדִיר בְּיוֹתֵר.

("אֲשֶׁר עוֹד בִּקְשָׁה נַפְשִׁי וְלֹא מָצָאתִי אָדָם אֶחָד מֵאֶלֶף מָצָאתִי וְאִשָּׁה בְכָל אֵלֶּה לֹא מָצָאתִי"- קֹהֶלֶת ז כֹּחַ, וְכֵן:"אִם יֵשׁ עָלָיו מַלְאָךְ מֵלִיץ אֶחָד מִנִּי אָלֶף לְהַגִּיד לְאָדָם יָשְׁרוֹ" אִיּוֹב לג כג, וְכֵן:"וַאֲזַי שָׁאַלְתִּי: עֵת כְּכֶלֶב/ מִזֶּה רָעָב בְּקֶרֶב חוּץ אוֹשַׁלְכָּה-/ יִמְצָא אֶחָד מִנִּי אֶלֶף/ עָלַי יַעֲבֹר בַּאֲנָחָה..."-ח.נ. בְּיָאלִיק/ דִּמְעָה נֶאֱמָנָה, וְכֵן:"אוּלַי תִּהְיֶה לִי מֵלִיץ אֶחָד מִינֵי אֶלֶף לְהַגִּיד יושרי וּלְגוֹל מֵעָלַי חרפה וּבוּז, אוּלַי ..."- אַבְרָהָם מַאפּוּ/ עַיִט צָבוּעַ, 15).

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