Reverential awe/ awe/ homage/ respect

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Reverential awe/ awe/ homage/ respect

Honor and fear; an attitude of great caution arising from the importance of the person or thing one holds in high esteem (literally: fear that comes from respect for the thing).

("The young men saw me and hid, and the old men rose and stood" (Job 29). "The young men saw me and hid because of the reverence for his honor, and the old men, whose custom it was to rise before him, did the opposite: they rose because of him, and not merely for a moment, but remained standing" — Malbim on Job 29:8. And likewise: "I and two little boys were walking in reverential awe behind them, trusting our rebbe, whose merit would protect us" — Mendele Mocher Sforim, Travels of Benjamin the Third, 2:10. And likewise: "The sight was so splendid that the waiters and sailors stood at a distance; they all stood in awe and looked after the Jews, wrapped in white tallitot" — Shalom Aleichem, Mazal Tov, We Have Already Come to America, 223.)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יִרְאַת כָּבוֹד, בְּיִרְאַת כָּבוֹד

Definition (Hebrew)

כָּבוֹד וּפַחַד. יַחַס שֶׁל זְהִירוּת רַבָּה הַנּוֹבַעַת מֵחֲשִׁיבוּת הַנּוֹשֵׂא אוֹת הַכָּבוֹד הָרַב שֶׁרוֹחֲשִׁים לוֹ (מִילּוּלִית: הַפַּחַד מֵהַבָּא מִתּוֹךְ כָּבוֹד לַדָּבָר).

("רָאוּנִי נְעָרִים וְנֶחְבָּאוּ וִישִׁישִׁים קָמוּ עָמָדוּ (אִיּוֹב כט), רָאוּנִי נְעָרִים וְנֶחְבְּאוּ- מִיִּרְאַת כְּבוֹדוֹ, וְהַיְּשִׁישִׁים שֶׁדֶּרֶךְ לָקוּם מִפְּנֵיהֶם הָיָה בְּהֶפֶךְ שֶׁהֵם קָמוּ מִפְּנֵי, וְלֹא שֶׁקָּמוּ לְפִי שָׁעָה, רַק עָמְדוּ נִשְׁאֲרוּ עוֹמְדִים"-מַלְבִּי"ם אִיּוֹב כט ח, וְכֵן:"וַאֲנִי עִם שְׁנֵי נְעָרִים קְטַנִּים,הָיִינוּ מְהַלְּכִים בְּיִרְאַת כָּבוֹד אַחֲרֵיהֶם, בְּטוּחִים בְּרַבֵּנוּ שֶׁזְּכוּתוֹ יָגֵן עָלֵינוּ"- מֶנְדֵּלֵי מו"ס/ מַסְּעוֹת בִּנְיָמִין הַשְּׁלִישִׁי ב,יָד, וְכֵן:"הַמַּרְאֶה הָיָה נֶהְדָּר כָּל כָּךְ, שֶׁהַמֶּלְצָרִים וְהַמַּלָּחִים הִתְיַצְּבוּ מֵרָחוֹק, עָמְדוּ כֻּלָּם מִתּוֹךְ יִרְאַת כָּבוֹד וְהִבִּיטוּ אַחֲרֵי הַיְּהוּדִים, הַמְּעֻטָּפִים בִּטְלִיטוֹת לְבָנוֹת"- שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ מַזָּל טוֹב כְּבָר בָּאנוּ לְאָמֵרִיקָה, רכג)

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