Like fire burning in his bones (כָּאֵשׁ בּוֹעֶרֶת בְּעַצְמוֹתָיו)

Like fire burning in his bones

Metaphorically: something important that drives him; a strong urge pushing him; or something troubling that gives no rest.

("And I said, I will not remember him, nor speak any more in his name; but it was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary of holding it in, and I could not" - Jeremiah 20:9, and likewise: "Such a thing, before my very eyes / your presence, is fire in my bones" - Shalom Hanoch / Lat Lat)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

כָּאֵשׁ בּוֹעֶרֶת בְּעַצְמוֹתָיו

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: כְּדָבָר חָשׁוּב הַמֵּנִיעַ אוֹתוֹ. כִּרְצוֹן חָזָק הַדּוֹחֵף אוֹתוֹ. אוֹ: דָּבָר מַטְרִיד שֶׁלֹּא נוֹתֵן מְנוּחָה.

("וְאָמַרְתִּי לֹא אֶזְכְּרֶנּוּ וְלֹא אֲדַבֵּר עוֹד בִּשְׁמוֹ וְהָיָה בְלִבִּי כְּאֵשׁ בֹּעֶרֶת עָצֻר בְּעַצְמֹתָי וְנִלְאֵיתִי כַּלְכֵל וְלֹא אוּכָל"- יִרְמְיָה כ ט, וְכֵן:"דָּבָר כָּזֶה בְּמוֹ עֵינַי/ נוֹכְחוּתֵךְ הִיא אֵשׁ בְּעַצְמוֹתַי"- שָׁלוֹם חֲנוֹךְ/ לְאַט לְאַט)

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