Perhaps He will have mercy (אוּלַי יְרֵחָם)
Perhaps He will have mercy (אוּלַי יְרֵחָם)

Perhaps He will have mercy

Perhaps God will have mercy and help.

("And immediately Moses began praising the Holy One, blessed be He… and pleaded with the earth, saying: ‘Earth, Earth, please intercede for me before the Holy One, perhaps He will have mercy on me and let me enter the Land of Israel.’" — Otzar HaMidrashim (Eisenstein), Moshe, 368; also: "Perhaps Heaven will have mercy on him, and he will yet merit to be rebuilt from her, as Abraham was from Sarah." — Tosafot, Yevamot 64a; and "The children’s souls nearly left them, yet he boasted, relying on ‘perhaps He will have mercy.’" — H. Hazaz, Dorot HaRishonim, 28.)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אוּלַי יְרֵחָם

Definition (Hebrew)

אוּלַי ה' יְרַחֵם וְיַעֲזֹר.

("וּמִיָּד פָּתַח מֹשֶׁה בְּשִׁבְחוֹ שֶׁל הקב"ה וְאָמַר הַצּוּר תָּמִים פָּעֲלוּ כִּי כָּל דְּרָכָיו מִשְׁפָּט וְגֵו', וְנָתַן קוֹל בִּבְכִי וּבַתַּחֲנוּנִים וְהִתְחַנֵּן לְאֶרֶץ וְאָמַר לָהּ אֶרֶץ אֶרֶץ בְּבַקָּשָׁה מִמְּךָ בַּקְשִׁי עֲלֵי רַחֲמִים מִלִּפְנֵי הקב"ה אוּלַי יְרַחֵם עֲלֵי עַל יָדְךָ וְיַכְנִיס אוֹתִי לְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל"-אוֹצַר הַמִּדְרָשִׁים (אַיְזֶנְשְׁטֵיְן) מֹשֶׁה, 368, וְכֵן:"אוּלַי יִרְחֲמוּ מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם וְיִזְכֶּה עֲדַיִן לִבְנוֹת מִמֶּנָּה כְּמוֹ שֶׁלְּבַסּוֹף זָכָה אַבְרָהָם מִשְׂרָה"-תּוֹסָפוֹת מַסֶּכֶת יְבָמוֹת סַד ע"א, וְכֵן:"תִּינוֹקוֹת, כִּמְעַט כִּמְעַט נַפְשָׁם מְצַפְצֶפֶת לָצֵאת, וְהוּא מִתְרַבְרֵב לוֹ!, סוֹמֵךְ עַל 'אוּלַי יְרַחֵם'"-ח.הָזָז/ דּוֹרוֹת הָרִאשׁוֹנִים, 28)

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