Drop by drop/ slowly/ little by little

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Drop by drop/ slowly/ little by little

A drop at a time; figuratively: slowly, little by little; in small or slow quantities.

("They went to Honi the Circle-Drawer and said to him, 'Pray,' and the rains came down... he said, 'Master of the Universe... I swear by Your great name that I will not move from here until You have mercy on Your children.' The rains began to fall drop by drop" - Megillat Ta'anit (Lichtenstein), the Scholion; and also: "And just as water falls drop by drop and becomes streams, so too Torah: a person learns two laws today and two tomorrow until he becomes like a flowing spring" - Song of Songs Rabbah (Vilna), Parashah 1; and also: "Pleasant speech, measured and well-seasoned, rises gently, trickles sweetly drop by drop, and comes to the heart like balm and a healing remedy" - Bialik, Ha-Hatzotzra Nitbayeshet, A 127; and also: "He took his glass and drank drop by drop, like a man taking glue to make one thing stick to another" - Agnon, Temol Shilshom, 82.)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

טִיפִּין טִיפִּין

Definition (Hebrew)

טִיפָּה אַחַר טִיפָּה. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: אַט אַט. בְּכַמּוּת קְטַנָּה אוֹ אִטִּית.

("הָלְכוּ לָהֶם אֵצֶל חוֹנִי הַמְּעַגֵּל אָמְרוּ לוֹ הִתְפַּלֵּל וְיָרְדוּ גְּשָׁמִים... אָמַר רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם...נִשְׁבָּע אֲנִי בְּשִׁמְךָ הַגָּדוֹל שֶׁאֵינִי זָז מִכָּאן עַד שֶׁתְּרַחֵם עַל בָּנֶיךָ. הִתְחִילוּ הַגְּשָׁמִים יוֹרְדִין טִפִּין טִפִּין"- מְגִלַּת תַּעֲנִית (לִיכְטֶנְשְׁטֵין) הַסְּכוֹלְיוֹן, וְכֵן:"וּמָה מַיִם יוֹרְדִין טִפִּין טִפִּין וְנַעֲשֵׂית נְחָלִים נְחָלִים כָּךְ תּוֹרָה אָדָם לָמַד ב' הִלְכוֹת הַיּוֹם וּב' לְמָחָר עַד שֶׁנַּעֲשָׂה כְּנַחַל נוֹבֵעַ"- שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים רַבָּה (וִילְנָא) פָּרָשָׁה א, וְכֵן:"שִׂיחָה עֲרֵבָה, מְתוּנָה וּמֻטְעֶמֶת, נוֹבַעַת בְּנַחַת, זוֹלֶפֶת טִפְיָן טִפְיָן מְתוּקוֹת וּבָאָה אֶל הַלֵּב כַּצֳּרִי וְסַם חַיִּים"- בְּיָאלִיק/ הַחֲצוֹצְרָה נִתְבַּיְּשָׁה, א קכז, וְכֵן:"נָטַל אֶת כּוֹסוֹ וְשָׁתָה טִפִּין טִפִּין, כְּאָדָם שֶׁנּוֹטֵל דֶּבֶק לְהַדְבִּיק דָּבָר בַּדָּבָר"- עַגְנוֹן/ תְּמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם, 82)

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