Jachin and Boaz/ the two pillars of (institution, movement)

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Jachin and Boaz/ the two pillars of (institution, movement)

The names of the two pillars in the Temple. Figuratively: central figures in society.

("He set up the pillars in front of the temple porch; he set up the right pillar and named it Jachin, and he set up the left pillar and named it Boaz" - 1 Kings 7:21; and also: "He and his friend... both of them are the 'Jachin and Boaz' of Zionism in their city" - Bialik / Notes taken afterward, p. 143).

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יָכִין וּבֹועַז

Definition (Hebrew)

שְׁמוֹת עַמּוּדֵי הַתָּוֶוךְ בְּבֵית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: דְּמוּיוֹת מֶרְכָּזִיּוֹת בַּחֶבְרָה.

("וַיָּקֶם אֶת הָעַמֻּדִים לְאֻלָם הַהֵיכָל וַיָּקֶם אֶת הָעַמּוּד הַיְמָנִי וַיִּקְרָא אֶת שְׁמוֹ יָכִין וַיָּקֶם אֶת הָעַמּוּד הַשְּׂמָאלִי וַיִּקְרָא אֶת שְׁמוֹ בֹּעַז"- מְלָכִים א ז כא, וְכֵן:"הוּא וַחֲבֵרוֹ בֶּן דּוֹדוֹ...שְׁנֵיהֶם הֵם הַ'יָכִין וּבֹעַז' שֶׁל הַצִּיּוֹנוּת בְּעִירָם"- בְּיָאלִיק/ רְשִׁימוֹת כִּלְאַחַר יָד, רמג)

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