There is a God (יֵשׁ אֱלֹהִים)

There is a God

An exclamation of joy uttered at the sight of something pleasing, or when it seems that justice has been done.

("And I have given the carcasses of the Philistine camp this day to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel" - 1 Samuel 17:1 (David to Goliath), and so: "And you shall know that there are Gods who judge in the earth" - Sha'i Agnon/ Sifurei HaBe'Sh'at, HaChav'erim, and so: "Yes, there is a God who is written in the books/ "The good and the bad" - Yuval Feri/ Yesh Elohim)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יֵשׁ אֱלֹהִים

Definition (Hebrew)

קְרִיאַת שִׂמְחָה הַיּוֹצֵאת לְמַרְאֵה דָּבָר מְשַׂמֵּחַ אוֹ כְּשֶׁנִּרְאֶה שֶׁצָּדַק נַעֲשָׂה.

("וְנָתַתִּי פֶּגֶר מַחֲנֵה פְלִשְׁתִּים הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה לְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּלְחַיַּת הָאָרֶץ וְיֵדְעוּ כָּל הָאָרֶץ כִּי יֵשׁ אֱלֹהִים לְיִשְׂרָאֵל"- שְׁמוּאֵל א יז מו (דָּוִד לְגָלְיָת), וְכֵן:"וְאַתָּה דַּע לְךָ כִּי יֵשׁ אֱלֹקִים שֹׁפְטִים בָּאָרֶץ"- שַׁ"י עַגְנוֹן/ סִפּוּרֵי הַבֵּעשְׁ"ט, הַחֲבֵרִים,וְכֵן:"יֵשׁ, יֵשׁ אֱלֹהִים שֶׁכּוֹתֵב בַּסְּפָרִים/ אֶת הַטּוֹבִים וְאֶת הָרָעִים"- יוּבָל פְּרִי/ יֵשׁ אֱלֹהִים)

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