אִם יִרְצֶה הַשֵּׁם

ביטוי (אנגלית)

God willing

הגדרה (אנגלית)

With God's help. An expression conveying the belief that everything depends on the will of God and nothing is certain to happen.

("And his words seem right to me, as I will write there, God willing" - Yam Shel Shlomo, Tractate Gittin, Chapter 1; and: "For the awesome days coming upon us for good are drawing near...and God willing, the time will come to print everything" - Introduction to Likutei Moharan II; and: "Let him wait a bit for the future, when Elijah comes, after the meal of Leviathan, God willing!" - Mendele Mocher Sforim / The Travels of Benjamin the Third, 7, 54; and: "My darling, my soul! Please, do me a kindness and subdue your evil inclination for one day! Tomorrow, God willing, you will fry fritters for yourself" - Sholem Aleichem / Geese, 147; and: "Every day I vow in my heart: Tomorrow, God willing, with sunrise, I will start...a person must overcome like a lion...and be as hard as a cedar..." - Bialik / Sapiah, From the Estate, 233)