Dead man/ weak/ valueless person (גַּבְרָא קְטִילָא)
Dead man/ weak/ valueless person (גַּבְרָא קְטִילָא)

Dead man/ weak/ valueless person

By metaphor: a person lacking ability. A person lacking hope. Literally: a slain man.

("Is his judgment finished? It is finished—he is a slain man" - Sanhedrin 71b, and also: "In the West it is taught: anyone who kills the scribe is exempt, for he is a slain man" - Berdichevski/Writings, 2, 59)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

גַּבְרָא קְטִילָא

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: אָדָם חֲסַר יְכֹלֶת. אָדָם חֲסַר תִּקְוָה. מִלּוּלִית: אִישׁ הָרוּג.

("נִגְמַר דִּינוֹ קָאמָרַת? נִגְמַר דִּינוֹ- גַּבְרָא קְטִילָא הוּא"- סַנְהֶדְרִין עא ע"ב, וְכֵן:"בְּמַעֲרָבָא תְּנִי: כָּל מִי שֶׁהוֹרֵג אֶת הַסּוֹפֵר פָּטוּר, דְּגָבְרָא קְטִילָא קְטִיל"- בֶּרְדִּיצֶ'בְסְקִי/ כְּתָבִים, ב, 59)

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