There Are Many Takers for It (יֵשׁ עָלָיו קוֹפְצִים)

There Are Many Takers for It

Many are interested in it. There are many people who want to achieve it ('jump on...' meaning hearing was eager after...).

("I will tell you a parable, what is the point? Two sons of men, one selling fine stones and the other selling sycamore, on whom will he jump, if not on the one selling sycamore?" - Sota 4:1, and so on: "Because he struck a thorn in the flesh" - Baba Kama 7:2, and so on: "Because you have a man who reduces his property and gives it away cheaply "He will be left behind so that he may have a bride, because they will think that he is being sold cheaply" - I am precious and read 19 Tu, and so: "Truly, the wise men said that a man must adorn his daughter so that many will admire her, but a daughter who fears the Lord will not be seen in the presence of the chosen ones and in detail when she is adorned" - Pella Yoetz/ Oth B., daughter, and so on: "If it were not for the coldness of this...your life, if you had been brought forth upon it with many springs" - Peace be upon you/ We send our hands in business, a skeleton, and so on: "The fisherman began to receive a reward for the fish that he was accustomed to at a time when there were no springs on fish" - Agnon/ City and its fullness, 633)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יֵשׁ עָלָיו קוֹפְצִים

Definition (Hebrew)

הַרְבֵּה מִתְעַנְיְינִים בּוֹ. יֶשְׁנָם אֲנָשִׁים הָרוֹצִים לְהַשִּׂיגוֹ ('קָפַץ עַל...' מַשְׁמָע הָיָה לָהוּט אַחֲרֵי...).

("אֲמַשֵּׁל לְךָ מָשָׁל, לְמָה הַדָּבָר דּוֹמֶה? לִשְׁנֵי בְּנֵי אָדָם, אֶחָד מוֹכֵר אֲבָנִים טוֹבוֹת וְאֶחָד מוֹכֵר מִינֵי סִדְקִית, עַל מִי קָפְצֵן, לֹא עַל זֶה שֶׁמּוֹכֵר מִינֵי סִדְקִית?-סוֹטָה מ ע"א, וְכֵן:"כִּי הֵיכִי דְּלִקְפּוֹץ עֲלַהּ זְבִינָא"- בָּבָא קַמָּא ז ע"ב, וְכֵן:"כִּי יֵשׁ לְךָ אָדָם שֶׁמַּקְטִין מִדָּתוֹ וְנוֹתֵן אוֹתָהּ בְּזוֹל יוֹתֵר מֵאֲחֵרִים כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּהְיֶה לוֹ קוֹפְצִים, כִּי יַחְשְׁבוּ שֶׁהוּא מוֹכֵר בְּזוֹל"- כְּלִי יָקָר וַיִּקְרָא יט טוּ, וְכֵן:"אֱמֶת שֶׁאָמְרוּ חֲכָמִים שֶׁחַיָּב אָדָם לְקַשֵּׁט אֶת בִּתּוֹ כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּקְפְּצוּ עָלֶיהָ רַבִּים, אֲבָל הַבַּת שֶׁהִיא יִרְאַת ה' לֹא תִּתְרָאֶה בִּפְנֵי הַבַּחוּרִים וּבִפְרָט כְּשֶׁהִיא מְקֻשֶּׁטֶת"- פֶּלֶא יוֹעֵץ/ אוֹת ב', בַּת, וְכֵן:"אִלְמָלֵא קְרִירוּת זוֹ...חַיֶּיךָ, אִם הָיִיתָ מוֹצֵא עָלָיו קוֹפְצִים הַרְבֵּה"- שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ אָנוּ שׁוֹלְחִים יָדֵינוּ בָּעֵסֶק, שֶׁלֶד, וְכֵן:"הִתְחִיל הַדַּיָּג קוֹבֵל עַל הַדָּג שֶׁנִּזְדַּמֵּן לוֹ בִּזְמַן שֶׁאֵין קוֹפְצִים עַל דָּגִים"- עַגְנוֹן/ עִיר וּמְלוֹאָהּ, 633)

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