Like a tree whose roots are many (כְּאִילָן שֶׁשָּׁורָשָׁיו מְרֻובִּים)

Like a tree whose roots are many

Metaphorically: a person of stability and firmness, firmly planted in place. The opposite of the expression “like a tree whose roots are few.”

(“To what is one whose wisdom exceeds his deeds comparable? To a tree whose branches are many and whose roots are few; the wind comes and uproots it and turns it over on its face... But one whose deeds exceed his wisdom is comparable to a tree whose branches are few and whose roots are many, so that even if all the winds in the world come and blow against it, they cannot move it from its place, as it is said (Jeremiah 17): ‘He shall be like a tree planted by water’” - Avot 3:17, and also: “At first Isaac seems like a tree whose roots are few, since every ordinary wind uproots it and turns it over on its face... In the end he becomes a tree whose roots are many, so that even if all the winds in the world come upon him, they cannot move him from his place” - Agnon, Tmol Shilshom, 416)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

כְּאִילָן שֶׁשָּׁורָשָׁיו מְרֻובִּים

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: בַּעַל יַצִּיבוּת. אֵיתָן. נָטוּעַ בִּמְקוֹמוֹ. הִיפּוּכוֹ שֶׁל הַבִּיטּוּי "כְּאִילָן שֶׁשָּׁורָשָׁיו מוּעָטִים".

("כָּל שֶׁחָכְמָתוֹ מְרֻבָּה מִמַּעֲשָׂיו לְמַה הוּא דוֹמֶה?- לְאִילָן שֶׁעֲנָפָיו מְרֻבִּין וְשָׁרָשָׁיו מֻעָטִין וְהָרוּחַ בָּאָה וְעוֹקַרְתּוֹ וְהוֹפַכְתּוֹ עַל פָּנָיו...אֲבָל כָּל שֶׁמַּעֲשָׂיו מְרֻבִּין מֵחָכְמָתוֹ לְמַה הוּא דוֹמֶה?- לְאִילָן שֶׁעֲנָפָיו מֻעָטִין וְשָׁרָשָׁיו מְרֻבִּין שֶׁאֲפִלּוּ כָּל הָרוּחוֹת שֶׁבָּעוֹלָם בָּאוֹת וְנוֹשְׁבוֹת בּוֹ אֵין מְזִיזִין אוֹתוֹ מִמְּקוֹמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (יִרְמְיָה יז) וְהָיָה כְּעֵץ שָׁתוּל עַל מַיִם"- אָבוֹת ג יז, וְכֵן:"לִכְאוֹרָה דּוֹמֶה יִצְחָק לְאִילָן שֶׁשָּׁרָשָׁיו מוּעָטִין, שֶׁכָּל רוּחַ מְצוּיָה עוֹקַרְתּוֹ וְהוֹפַכְתּוֹ עַל פָּנָיו...לַסּוֹף נַעֲשֶׂה לְאִילָן שֶׁשָּׁרָשָׁיו מְרֻבִּין, שֶׁאֲפִלּוּ כָּל הָרוּחוֹת שֶׁבָּעוֹלָם בָּאוֹת עָלָיו אֵין מְזִיזוֹת אוֹתוֹ מִמְּקוֹמוֹ"- עַגְנוֹן/ תְּמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם, 416)

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