His Bones Have Dried Up/ to be beyond hope/ "his bones dried up"

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His Bones Have Dried Up/ to be beyond hope/ "his bones dried up"

Figuratively: he has lost hope; he is in a hopeless situation. Or: he has grown old and weakened.

("Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say: Our bones are dried up, our hope is lost, we are cut off for ourselves" - Ezekiel 37:11)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יָבְשׁוּ עַצְמוֹתָיו

Definition (Hebrew)

בִּמְלִיצָה בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: אָבְדָה תִּקְוָתוֹ. נִמְצָא בְּמַצָּב חֲסַר סִכּוּי. אוֹ:הִזְדַּקֵּן וְנֶחְלַשׁ.

("וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי בֶּן אָדָם הָעֲצָמוֹת הָאֵלֶּה כָּל בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל הֵמָּה, הִנֵּה אֹמְרִים: יָבְשׁוּ עַצְמוֹתֵינוּ, וְאָבְדָה תִקְוָתֵנוּ, נִגְזַרְנוּ לָנוּ"- יְחֶזְקֵאל לז יָא)

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