בָּשָׂר וָדָם

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Flesh and Blood/ human being

הגדרה (אנגלית)

A designation for the son of man with all his weaknesses. By extension: human.

("And he remembered that they are flesh; a fleeting spirit that does not return" - Psalms 78:39, and also: "Do not fear man, and lift from them the yoke of heaven and place upon them the yoke of flesh and blood" - Tosefta, Sota 14:4, and also: "True, for You are their Creator and know their formation, for they are flesh and blood" - Piyyut 'VeNitna Tokef' recited on Rosh Hashanah, and also: "The Lord lives, these things you did not heed, O flesh and blood! For from your heart you alone stand!" - Yehuda Alharizi (12th century)/ 'HaTarnegol HaDarshan', and also: "And the melody itself, what is it? Only purified voices! And these voices we do not renew, for we - flesh and blood - cannot create something from nothing" - Y.L. Peretz, and also: "And he is material like clay / and heavy like wine / he sways to the tune of flesh and blood" - Yonatan Ratosh/ 'On Sin', and also: "For flesh and blood sweetly heals the bitter, and he who said 'Let there be' - bitter heals the bitter" - Natan Yonatan/ 'June Rain')