הִתְהַפֵּךְ עָלָיו הַגַּלְגַּל
הַגּוֹרָל שֶׁלּוֹ הִשְׁתַּנָּה מֵהַקָּצֶה אֶל הַקָּצֶה. הִתְהַפֵּךְ מַזָּלוֹ.
("אוֹי לְמִי (לָרָשָׁע) שֶׁהַשָּׁעָה מְשַׂחֶקֶת לוֹ, אוֹי לְמִי שֶׁנַּעֲשָׂה סניגרו קָטִיגְרוֹ, אוֹי לְמִי שֶׁיָּצְרוּ מְנַצְּחוֹ, אוֹי לְמִי שֶׁנֶּהְפַּךְ עָלָיו הַגַּלְגַּל, אוֹי לְמִי שֶׁמְּאַבֵּד אֶת עֲמָלוֹ"- אוֹצֵר הַמִּדְרָשִׁים (אַיְזֶנְשְׁטֵיְן) מַרְגְּנִיתָא דְּבֵי רַב,356, וְכֵן: "וִי לֵהּ לְהַהוּא גַּבְרָא דְּאִתְהֲפוּךְ עֲלוֹהִי גַּלְגְּלָא וְאֶתְנַחְתָּא מִנִּכְסֵי(וִי לְאוֹתוֹ הָאִישׁ שֶׁהִתְהַפֵּךְ עָלָיו הַגַּלְגַּל וְיָרַד מִנְּכָסָיו)"-יַלְקוּט שִׁמְעוֹנִי רוּת תרא, וְכֵן:"וַהֲלֹא בְּעֵינֶיךָ רָאִיתָ אֵיךְ מַזָּלוֹ גָּרַם וְנִתְהַפֵּךְ עָלֵינוּ הַגַּלְגַּל לְטוֹב וּזְכוּתוֹ הֵבִיאָה לָנוּ אֶת כָּל הָעֹשֶׁר הַזֶּה"- סָבָתוֹ/ אֱמֶת מֵאֶרֶץ תִּצְמַח, 26)
תרגום
ביטוי (אנגלית)
Fortune's weel turned back for him/ his luck changed/ to come down in the world
הגדרה (אנגלית)
His fate changed from one fate to the next. His luck changed.
("Woe to him (the wicked) whose hour is played with, woe to him whose category is made a snare, woe to him whose victory is achieved, woe to him whose calabash is turned upside down, woe to him whose labor is lost" - Compiler of Midrash (Eisenstein) Margneta Debi Rav, 356, and so: "And it is to him that he is a mighty man, that God has turned the calabash upside down. And I will be left of my possessions (and to him is the man upon whom the gilgal was turned over and who will be left of his possessions)" - Simeon's hearing will be gathered by Ruth Terah, and so on: "And did you not see with your own eyes how his luck caused and the gilgal was turned over upon us for good and his merit brought us all this wealth" - Sabato/ Truth from the Land Shall Flourish, 26)