A thousand years are like a drop in the sea and considered like a grain of sand. (אֶלֶף שָׁנִים כְּנֶטֶף בַּיָּם הֵמָּה וְכַגַּרְגִּיר בַּחוֹל נֶחְשָׁבוּ)
A thousand years are like a drop in the sea and considered like a grain of sand. (אֶלֶף שָׁנִים כְּנֶטֶף בַּיָּם הֵמָּה וְכַגַּרְגִּיר בַּחוֹל נֶחְשָׁבוּ)

A thousand years are like a drop in the sea and considered like a grain of sand.

Facing eternity, even a thousand years are insignificant.

("A thousand years are like a drop in the sea and like a grain of sand when compared to eternal life" – Ben Sira 18:8)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֶלֶף שָׁנִים כְּנֶטֶף בַּיָּם הֵמָּה וְכַגַּרְגִּיר בַּחוֹל נֶחְשָׁבוּ

Definition (Hebrew)

אֶל מוּל נִצְחִיּוּת הַזְּמַן אֲפִלּוּ אֶלֶף שָׁנִים כְּמוֹתָם כְּדָבָר זָעִיר.

("אֶלֶף שָׁנִים כְּנָטָף בַּיָּם הֵמָּה וּכְגַרְגִּיר בַּחוֹל נֶחְשְׁבוּ לְעֻמַּת חַיֵּי עוֹלָמִים" – בֶּן סִירָא יח, ח)

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