Soul Friend (Soul Friendship)/ bosom (close,sincere) friend

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Soul Friend (Soul Friendship)/ bosom (close,sincere) friend

A good, close friend. An intimate friend. A beloved friend.

("I have forsaken my house, I have abandoned my inheritance; I have given the beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies" - Jeremiah 12:7; and likewise: "Beloved of the soul, merciful Father / Draw Your servant toward Your will / Your servant will run like a hart / He will bow before the way" - Rabbi Eliezer Azkari (16th century) / "Yedid Nefesh" - the hymn sung at the start of Shabbat; and likewise: "Please, my soul's friend, do not reveal iniquity, returnees whose mind is devoted to You" - Shalom Shabazi / "Who kissed me and I was repulsed"; and likewise: "And on his way out I took pen, ink, and paper and wrote, 'My soul's friend, I will not be able to come today'" - S. Y. Agnon / B'dmei Yamimah; and likewise: "Many of his thoughts were devoted especially to that soul-friend, Amram Nagarah, whom he had long been hoping to see" - Y. Burla / Kissufim, 270; and likewise: "Tell me / soul-friend, merciful Father, to whom shall we leave / the muffled silence, the hidden / painful beauty, when we go from here" - Natan Yonatan / The Northern Road)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יְדִיד נֶפֶשׁ (יְדִידוּת נֶפֶשׁ)

Definition (Hebrew)

חָבֵר טוֹב וְקָרוֹב. חָבֵר אִינְטִימִי. חָבֵר אָהוּב.

("עָזַבְתִּי אֶת בֵּיתִי נָטַשְׁתִּי אֶת נַחֲלָתִי נָתַתִּי אֶת יְדִדוּת נַפְשִׁי בְּכַף אֹיְבֶיהָ"- יִרְמְיָהוּ יב ז, וְכֵן:"יְדִיד נֶפֶשׁ אָב הָרַחֲמָן/ מְשֹׁךְ עַבְדֶּךָ אֶל רְצוֹנְךָ/ יָרוּץ עַבְדֶּךָ כְּמוֹ אֱיָל/ יִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה מוּל הַדֶּרֶךְ"- ר' אֱלִיעֶזֶר אַזְכְּרִי (מֵאָה ט"ז)/ יְדִיד נֶפֶשׁ- פִּיּוּט הַמּוּשָׁר בִּכְנִיסַת שַׁבָּת, וְכֵן:"אַל נָא יְדִיד נַפְשִׁי תְּגַלֶּה אֶת עָווֹן, שָׁבִים אֲשֶׁר דַּעְתָּם לְךָ נֶאֱצֶלֶת"- שָׁלוֹם שַׁבָּזִי/ מִי נַשְׁקָנֵי וַאֲנִי נִגְעֶלֶת, וְכֵן:"וּבְצֵאתוֹ לָקַחְתִּי עֵט וּדְיוֹ וּנְיָר וְאֶכְתֹּב, יְדִיד נַפְשִׁי לֹא אוּכַל לָבוֹא הַיּוֹם"- שַׁ"י עַגְנוֹן/ בִּדְמֵי יָמֶיהָ, וְכֵן:"רַבִּים מֵהִרְהוּרָיו הָיוּ נְתוּנִים בִּמְיֻחָד לְאוֹתוֹ יְדִיד נֶפֶשׁ, לְעַמְרָם נָגָ'ארָה, שֶׁהָיָה מְצַפֶּה מִכְּבָר לִרְאוֹתוֹ"-י.בּוּרְלָא/ כִּסּוּפִים, 270, וְכֵן:"אֱמֹר לִי / יְדִיד נֶפֶשׁ, אָב הָרַחֲמָן, לְמִי נַשְׁאִיר/ אֶת הַדְּמָמָה הַמְּכַפָּה, אֶת מִסְתְּרֵי/ הַיֹּפִי הַמַּכְאִיב, לִכְשֶׁנֵּלֵךְ מִכָּאן"- נָתָן יוֹנָתָן/ הַדֶּרֶךְ הַצְּפוֹנִית)

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