Death Is Better Than a Life of Ailments. (טוֹב הַמָּוֶת מֵחַיֵּי תַּחֲלוּאִים)
Death Is Better Than a Life of Ailments. (טוֹב הַמָּוֶת מֵחַיֵּי תַּחֲלוּאִים)

Death Is Better Than a Life of Ailments.

Death is preferable to a life of suffering and pain.

("The life of flesh is chosen over gold, and a healthy soul over great wealth, and death is better than a life of ailments" – Ben Sira 30:16).

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

טוֹב הַמָּוֶת מֵחַיֵּי תַּחֲלוּאִים

Definition (Hebrew)

מָוֶת עָדִיף עַל חַיֵּי יִסּוּרִים וְסֵבֶל.

("חַיֵּי בְּשָׂרִים נִבְחָרִים מִזָּהָב, וְנֶפֶשׁ בְּרִיאָה מֵהוֹן עָתֵק, וְטוּב הַמָּוֶת מֵחַיֵּי תַּחֲלוּאִים" – בֶּן סִירָא ל, טז).

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