Sit by the equipment (יָשַׁב עַל הַכֵּלִים)

Sit by the equipment

A soldier with weapons of war in a pakoda (source: found in the back of the battlefield).

("For as the share of the one who goes down into battle, so shall the share of the one who sits by the equipment; they shall divide alike" - 1 Samuel 30:24 (David to the men of Belial), and also: "Many of us today are the uncircumcised / Let the trumpet sound and let those sitting by the equipment rush out" - Tchernichovsky / On Mount Gilboa)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יָשַׁב עַל הַכֵּלִים

Definition (Hebrew)

מַמְתִּין עִם כְּלֵי הַמִּלְחָמָה לַפְּקֻודָּה (בַּמָּקוֹר:נִמְצָא בְּעֹורֶף הַמִּלְחָמָה).

("כִּי כְּחֵלֶק הַיֹּרֵד בַּמִּלְחָמָה וּכְחֵלֶק הַיֹּשֵׁב עַל הַכֵּלִים יַחְדָּו יַחֲלֹקוּ"- שְׁמוּאֵל א ל כַּד (דָּוִד לְאַנְשֵׁי בְּלִיַּעַל ), וְכֵן:"רַבִּים מִמֶּנּוּ הַיּוֹם הָעֲרֵלִים/ תָּקַע וְיַחְלְצוּ הַיּוֹשְׁבִים עַל הַכֵּלִים"- טְשֶׁרְנִיחוֹבְסְקִי/ עַל הָרֵי גִּלְבֹּעַ)

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