Too heavy to bear (כָּבֵד מִנָּשׂוּא)

Too heavy to bear

Too heavy for me to bear. In a question: Very heavy. Very difficult (the original source of the expression is in Genesis 4:13: "And Cain said unto the Lord, My sin is exceeding great.")

("The prophet said: ‘Since this people draws near with its mouth and honors Me with its lips, their speech is too heavy to bear, for its heart is far from Me’" — Panim Yafot, Devarim 3:23; and likewise: "‘The net was spread, and it was sinking and sinking, becoming heavier and heavier, too heavy to bear’" — Y. L. Peretz, Neshamot Ilmut, p. 134).

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

כָּבֵד מִנָּשׂוּא

Definition (Hebrew)

כָּבֵד מִכְּדֵי שֶׁאֶפְשָׁר לָשֵׂאת. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: כָּבֵד מְאוֹד.קָשֶׁה מְאוֹד (מְקוֹרוֹ הָרִאשׁוֹנִי שֶׁל הַבִּטּוּי בִּבְרֵאשִׁית ד יג:"וַיֹּאמֶר קַיִן אֶל ה' גָּדוֹל עֲוֹנִי מִנְּשֹׂא").

("אָמַר הַנָּבִיא יַעַן כִּי נִגַּשׁ הָעָם הַזֶּה בְּפִיו וּבִשְׂפָתָיו כִּבְּדוּנִי, שֶׁהַדָּבוּר כָּבֵד מִנָּשׂוּא כִּי לִבּוֹ רָחַק מִמֶּנִּי"- פָּנִים יָפוֹת דְּבָרִים ג כג, וְכֵן:"פּוֹרְשָׁהּ הָרֶשֶׁת, וְהִיא צוֹלֶלֶת צוֹלֶלֶת,וְנַעֲשֵׂית כְּבֵדָה יוֹתֵר וְיוֹתֵר, כְּבֵדָה מִנְּשֹׁא"- י.ל.פֶּרֶץ/ נְשָׁמוֹת אִלְּמוּת, קלד)

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