Tantalus's Torments

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Tantalus's Torments

A phrase for great suffering when a person can see, with their own eyes, the opening to salvation, yet has no ability to reach it.

(Modern Hebrew, בעקבות the mythological story of Tantalus the thirsty man who could not reach the water or the fruit on the tree)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יִיסּוּרֵי טַנְטַלוּס

Definition (Hebrew)

כִּינּוּי לְעִינּוּיִים גְּדוֹלִים שֶׁיֶּשְׁנָם לְאָדָם הַנָּתוּן בְּצָרָה תּוֹךְ שֶׁהוּא רוֹאֶה בְּמוֹ עֵינָיו אֶת פֶּתַח הַהַצָּלָה לְלֹא כָּל יָכֹלְתְּ לְהַגִּיעַ אֵלָיו.

(הָעִבְרִית הַחֲדָשָׁה בְּעִקְבוֹת סִפּוּר הַמִּיתוֹלוֹגְיָה הַיְּוָנִית עַל טַנְטַלוּס הַצָּמֵא שֶׁלֹּא יָכֹל הָיָה לְהַגִּיעַ לְמַיִם וּלְפֵרוֹת הָעֵץ)

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