יֵשׁ לָחוּשׁ, יֵשׁ לָחוּשׁ שֶׁמָּא...

ביטוי (אנגלית)

There is cause for concern, lest...

הגדרה (אנגלית)

There is something to worry about. There is something to worry about...

("There is reason to fear that a Torah scholar will ask an am ha-aretz for a vessel, and the am ha-aretz will tell him, 'This vessel is pure,' according to what the am ha-aretz thinks" - Rambam's Commentary on the Mishnah, Tractate Eduyot, chapter 1, Yad, and likewise: "And the reason for the rabbinic prohibition when blood is found in the yolk is that, according to all opinions, it is forbidden because of concern for the place, for there is reason to fear that from the very place where the blood was found the egg began to form, and it follows that one who eats this egg transgresses because of the creeping thing that swarms on the earth" - Rabbeinu Bachya on Leviticus, chapter 7, and likewise: "And Isak is Isaac, and Isaac is Izik — surely there is reason to fear, says Sheni, lest, heaven forbid, they come and say about my son Itzik... 'Aizik'" - Shalom Aleichem / From the Army Exam, end, and likewise: "Now that there are five synagogues here, there is reason to fear lest they take the wayfarer off his path" - Agnon / City and Fullness of It, 64)