הָיְתָה נַפְשׁוֹ לְשָׁלָל

ביטוי (אנגלית)

To be saved from death/ his life was a prey unto him

הגדרה (אנגלית)

He was saved from death. He smelled his life again.

("He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; and he shall go out and fall upon the Chaldeans that besiege you, and shall live, and his life shall be for a prey" - Jeremiah 21:9)