כְּבָרִאשֹׁנָה, כְּבַתְּחִלָּה
כְּמוֹ בַּמַּצָּב הַהַתְחָלָתִי. כְּמוֹ בַּפַּעַם הַקּוֹדֶמֶת.
("וְאָשִׁיבָה שֹׁפְטַיִךְ כְּבָרִאשֹׁנָה וְיֹעֲצַיִךְ כְּבַתְּחִלָּה אַחֲרֵי כֵן יִקָּרֵא לָךְ עִיר הַצֶּדֶק קִרְיָה נֶאֱמָנָה"- יְשַׁעְיָהוּ א כו, וְכֵן:"הֵשִׁיבָה שׁוֹפְטֵנוּ כְּבָרִאשׁוֹנָה, וְיֹעַצְנוּ כְּבַתְּחִלָּה וְהָסֵר מִמֶּנּוּ יָגוֹן וַאֲנָחָה"- תְּפִלָּה הָעֲמִידָה, וְכֵן:"וְיוֹסֵף הָאִישׁ לְדַבֵּר כְּבָרִאשׁוֹנָה וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא נוֹלְדָה לְעָמָל וִיגִיעַת בָּשָׂר מָוֶת לָהּ"- עַגְנוֹן/ בִּדְמֵי יָמֶיהָ)
תרגום
ביטוי (אנגלית)
As before, as at first/ as in the past
הגדרה (אנגלית)
As in the initial state; as in the previous time.
("And I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, a faithful city" - Isaiah 1:26; and likewise: "Restore our judges as at first, and our counselors as at the beginning, and remove from us sorrow and sighing" - the Amidah prayer; and likewise: "And the man continued to speak as before and said: 'No one was born for toil, and the labor of flesh is death to it'" - Agnon / In the Blood of Her Days)