Suck from each other/ reciprocal influence

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Suck from each other/ reciprocal influence

Figuratively: they influence one another; each is affected by the other. There is interaction between them.

("Although he blessed the later tribes and criticized the earlier ones, he went back and blessed them, as it is said (Genesis 49): 'All these are the tribes of Israel, twelve, and so on'; he made them 'suck from one another'" - Numbers Rabbah (Vilna), Parashat Naso, section 13)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יוֹנְקִים זֶה מִזֶּה

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: מַשְׁפִּיעִים זֶה עַל זֶה. מֻישְׁפָּעִים הָאֶחָד מִן הַשֵּׁנִי. קַיֶּימֶת אִינְטֶרְאַקְצִיָּה בֵּינֵיהֶם.

("אע"פ שֶׁבֵּרֵךְ אֶת הַשְּׁבָטִים הָאַחֲרוֹנִים וְקִנְתֵּר לָרִאשׁוֹנִים אֶלָּא חָזַר וּבִרְכָּם שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בְּרֵאשִׁית מָט) כָּל אֵלֶּה שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר וְגֵו' עָשָׂה אוֹתָם יוֹנְקִים זֶה מִזֶּה"- בְּמִדְבַּר רַבָּה (וִילְנָא) פָּרָשַׁת נָשָׂא פָּרָשָׁה יג)

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