Mighty One of Israel (גִּבּוֹר יִשְׂרָאֵל)
Mighty One of Israel (גִּבּוֹר יִשְׂרָאֵל)

Mighty One of Israel

A great or brave man. A person who performs a daring deed of heroism risking his life in one of Israel's wars and thereby receives a special decoration.

(Behold, the bed of Solomon, sixty mighty men around it, from the mighty men of Israel. All of them skilled with the sword, trained in war; each with his sword on his thigh, fearing no danger by night - Song of Songs 3:7-8, and likewise: When the sheaves were made, and the nations entered Jerusalem, the mighty men of Israel took hold of their hands behind their backs; the Holy One, blessed be He, said: I am with him in trouble - Midrash Tehillim (Buber) Psalm 137.)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

גִּבּוֹר יִשְׂרָאֵל

Definition (Hebrew)

לֶחֶם גָּדוֹל אוֹ אַמִּיץ. אָדָם שֶׁבִּצֵּעַ מַעֲשֵׂה גְּבוּרָה נוֹעָז תּוֹךְ סִכּוּן חַיָּיו בְּאַחַת מִמִּלְחֲמוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל וְקִבֵּל עִטּוּר מְיֻחָד בְּעִקְבוֹת כָּךְ.

("הִנֵּה מִטָּתוֹ שֶׁלִּשְׁלֹמֹה שִׁשִּׁים גִּבֹּרִים סָבִיב לָהּ מִגִּבֹּרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. כֻּלָּם אֲחֻזֵי חֶרֶב מְלֻמְּדֵי מִלְחָמָה אִישׁ חַרְבּוֹ עַל יְרֵכוֹ מִפַּחַד בַּלֵּילוֹת"- שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים ג ז-ח, וְכֵן:"כֵּיוָן שֶׁגָּרְמוּ הָעוֹנוֹת, וְנִכְנְסוּ גּוֹיִם לִירוּשָׁלַיִם, נָטְלוּ גִּבּוֹרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְכָפְתוּ יְדֵיהֶם לַאֲחוֹרֵיהֶם, אָמַר הקב"ה עִמּוֹ אָנֹכִי בְּצָרָה"- מִדְרַשׁ תְּהִלִּים (בּוּבֶּר) מִזְמוֹר קלז)

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