To dip one's foot in oil/ to live luxuriously/ "to dip one's foot in oil

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To dip one's foot in oil/ to live luxuriously/ "to dip one's foot in oil

Metaphorically: to live in great wealth and comfort, with no financial worries.

("And of Asher he said: Blessed above sons is Asher; let him be favored by his brothers, and let him dip his foot in oil" - Deuteronomy 33:24 (Moses' blessing for the tribe of Asher), and likewise: "Our rabbis taught: 'And he dipped his foot in oil'—this is Asher's portion, for he draws oil like a spring" - Tractate Menachot 85b)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

טוֹבֵל בַּשֶּׁמֶן, טוֹבֵל בַּשֶּׁמֶן רַגְלוֹ

Definition (Hebrew)

בִּמְלִיצָה: חַי בְּעֹושֶׁר רַב. חַי חַיֵּי נַחַת לְלֹא דְּאָגוֹת כַּסְפִּיּוֹת.

(" וּלְאָשֵׁר אָמַר בָּרוּךְ מִבָּנִים אָשֵׁר יְהִי רְצוּי אֶחָיו וְטֹבֵל בַּשֶּׁמֶן רַגְלוֹ"- דְּבָרִים לג כַּד (בִּרְכַּת מֹשֶׁה לְשֵׁבֶט אֲשֶׁר), וְכֵן:"שְׁנוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ:"וְטוֹבֵל בְּשֶׁמֶן רַגְלוֹ", זֶה חֶלְקוֹ שֶׁל אָשֵׁר, שֶׁמּוֹשֵׁךְ שֶׁמֶן כְּמַעְיָן"- מַסֶּכֶת מְנָחוֹת פֹּה ע"ב)

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