If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned?!

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If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned?!

If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned?!

A proverb meaning that even love must be managed with appropriate proportion and reason.

("Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it; if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned" - Song of Songs 8:7. Also: "But whoever wishes to marry her, may give two thousand silver coins, and it is easy to give all his wealth and fortune for her; if a man gives all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned" - Judah Al-Harizi (12th century), Marriage of an Ugly Woman)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אִם יִתֵּן אִישׁ אֶת כָּל הוֹן בֵּיתוֹ בָּאַהֲבָה בּוֹז יָבוּזוּ לוֹ

Definition (Hebrew)

גַּם אֶת חַיֵּי הָאַהֲבָה יֵשׁ לְנַהֵל בַּפְּרוֹפּוֹרְצִיָּה הַמַּתְאִימָה וּבְהִגָּיוֹן. לְעִתִּים בְּכוֹחָהּ שֶׁל הָאַהֲבָה לְעַוֵּר אֶת עֵינֵי הָאָדָם וְלַהֲבִיאוֹ לְהַחְלָטוֹת שְׁגוּיוֹת.

("מַיִם רַבִּים לֹא יוּכְלוּ לְכַבּוֹת אֶת הָאַהֲבָה וּנְהָרוֹת לֹא יִשְׁטְפוּהָ אִם יִתֵּן אִישׁ אֶת כָּל הוֹן בֵּיתוֹ בָּאַהֲבָה בּוֹז יָבוּזוּ לוֹ"- שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים ח ז, וְכֵן:"אֲבָל הָרוֹצֶה בָּהּ לְהִתְחַתֵּן/ אַלְפַּיִם כֶּסֶף יִתֵּן/ וְנָקֵל לָתֵת בָּהּ כָּל הוֹנוֹ וְחֵילוֹ/ אִם יִתֵּן אִישׁ אֶת כָּל הוֹן בֵּיתוֹ בְּאַהֲבָה , בּוּז יָבוּזוּ לוֹ"- יְהוּדָה אַלְחַרִיזִי (הַמֵּאָה הי"ב)/ נִשּׂוּאֵי אִשָּׁה כְּעוּרָה)

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