There is substance to it/ substantial/ concrete (יֵשׁ בּוֹ מַמָּשׁ)

There is substance to it/ substantial/ concrete

It has substance; it has meaning. It is something real and well-founded.

("A vow applies to a matter that has substance and to a matter that has no substance, unlike vows" - Tosefta, tractate Nedarim (Lieberman), chapter 1; and likewise: "And Joseph added to their wages an addition that had substance" - Agnon / These and Those, And the Crooked Shall Be Made Straight, 52)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יֵשׁ בּוֹ מַמָּשׁ

Definition (Hebrew)

יֵשׁ בּוֹ מַמָּשׁוּת. יֵשׁ בּוֹ מַשְׁמָעוּת. הוּא דָּבָר שֶׁל קַיָּים. מְבֻוסַּס.

("שֶׁהַשָּׁבוּעוֹת נוֹהֲגוֹת בְּדָבָר שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ מַמָּשׁ וּבְדָבָר שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ מַמָּשׁ מַה שֶּׁאֵין כֵּן בַּנְּדָרִים בִּנְדָרִים"-תּוֹסֶפְתָּא מַסֶּכֶת נְדָרִים (לִיבֶּרְמָן) פֶּרֶק א, וְכֵן:"וְיוֹסֵף עַל שְׂכָרָם הוֹסָפָה שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהּ מַמָּשׁ"- עַגְנוֹן/ אֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ, וְהָיָה הֶעָקֹב לְמִישׁוֹר, 52)

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