יַרְחֵי לֵידָה, תִּשְׁעָה יַרְחֵי לֵידָה

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Months of pregnancy, nine months of pregnancy

הגדרה (אנגלית)

The nine months of a woman's pregnancy.

("And what is a time that has months but no years? You should say: these are the months of pregnancy. Our rabbis taught: during the first three months, the fetus dwells in the lower chamber; during the middle three months, in the middle chamber; during the last three months, in the upper chamber. And when its time arrives to emerge, it turns over and descends" - Midrash Agadah (Buber), Leviticus chapter 12; and also: "Nine, who knows? Nine, I know! Nine months of pregnancy, eight days of circumcision, seven days of the week, six orders of the Mishnah, four matriarchs, three patriarchs, two tablets of the covenant, one is our God in heaven and on earth" - the piyyut 'One Who Knows One,' said at the conclusion of the Passover Haggadah)