Guzma b'alma (גֻּזְמָא בְּעָלְמָא)
Guzma b'alma (גֻּזְמָא בְּעָלְמָא)

Guzma b'alma

Words of exaggeration and mere fabrications. Common scattered talk (in Aramaic, בְּעָלְמָא means 'in the world').

("And behold, he wants in his measure nine measures of his friend, he said! - 'Guzma b'alma'" - Bava Metzia 38a)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

גֻּזְמָא בְּעָלְמָא

Definition (Hebrew)

דִּבְרֵי הַפְרָזָה וְגֻזְמָאוֹת בִּלְבַד.סְתָם דִּבּוּרִים מֻפְרָזִים (בַּאֲרָמִית בְּעָלְמָא מַשְׁמָע בָּעוֹלָם).

("וְהָא רוֹצֶה בְּקַב שֶׁלּוֹ מִתִּשְׁעָה קַבִּין שֶׁל חֲבֵרוֹ קָאָמַר!- גֻּזְמָא בְּעָלְמָא"-בָּבָא מְצִיעָא לַח ע"א)

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