יֵשׁ רַגְלַיִים לַדָּבָר
יֵשׁ בָּסִיס אוֹ יְסוֹד לְדַבֵּר. הַדָּבָר מְבֻוסָּס עַל אֱמֶת כָּלְשֶׁהִי. הַדָּבָר כְּכָל הַנִּרְאֶה אֲמִתִּי.
("אָמַר לָהּ אַל תִּכָּנְסִי לְבֵית הַכְּנֶסֶת נִכְנַסְתְּ עִמּוֹ- אָמַר רַבִּי מָנָא לֹא אָמְרוּ אֶלָּא עִמּוֹ. הָא זֶה אַחַר זֶה לֹא. רַבִּי אָבִין אָמַר: אֲפִלּוּ זֶה אַחַר זֶה- מִכָּל מָקוֹם יֵשׁ רַגְלַיִם לַדָּבָר"-יְרוּשַׁלְמִי סוֹטָה א, ב, וְכֵן:"רַבִּי נְחֶמְיָה אוֹמֵר: פָּטוּר, שֶׁרַגְלַיִם לְדַבֵּר"- סַנְהֶדְרִין עח ע"א, וְכֵן:"יֵשׁ רַגְלַיִם לַדָּבָר, שֶׁכְּבָר נְדָבוֹ לִבּוֹ לְהַפְרִישׁ מִשִּׁשִּׁים עַד שִׁבְעִים קַרְבּוֹנִים לַאֲחוֹתוֹ הָעֲנִיָּה,לְהַשִּׂיאָהּ לְאִישׁ"- שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ חֲמִשָּׁה וְשִׁבְעִים אֶלֶף, מָה, וְכֵן:"וּבֵן אֶחָד חָתָן בְּבַיִת עָשִׁיר,וְיֵשׁ רַגְלַיִם לַדָּבָר שֶׁיִּמְצָא לוֹ רַבָּנוּת, שֶׁחָמִיו מְקֹרָב...אֵצֶל הַשִּׁלְטוֹנוֹת"- עַגְנוֹן/ אוֹרֵחַ נָטָה לָלוּן, 124, וְכֵן:"וְהָרָ"ן תָּמַהּ עַל דִּבְרֵי הָרַמְבָּ"ם וְהַתּוֹסָפוֹת, יֵשׁ רַגְלַיִם לַדָּבָר, כִּוַּנּוּ לְיַשֵּׁב הַסֻּגְיָה לְשִׁיטָתוֹ שֶׁל רָשִׁ"י- ח.הָזָז/ דּוֹרוֹת הָרִאשׁוֹנִים, 18)
תרגום
ביטוי (אנגלית)
There are grounds for it/ there is substance in it/ there is foundation for it
הגדרה (אנגלית)
There is a basis or foundation for saying it; the matter rests on some truth and appears to be true.
("I said to her, 'Do not sit in the synagogue, you have sat with him.'" Rabbi Mena said, "They did not say except with him. Is this the other? Is this not the other?'" Rabbi Avinin said: "Even if this is the other, from every place there are feet to speak."" - Jerusalem Sota 1, 2, and so: "Rabbi Nehemiah Omer said: It is absolved, for he has feet to speak." - Sanhedrin 88 a.a., and so: "There is "The feet of a man who is generous in his heart, willing to give from sixty to seventy pieces of silver for his poor sister, to bring her to a husband" - Shalom Aleichem/ Seventy-five thousand, what, and so on: "And a certain son was married to a rich man, and there were feet of a man who would find him a rabbi, whose father-in-law was near...in the presence of the authorities" - Agnon/ Orech Natah Lalon, 124, and so on: "And Haran was astonished at the words of the Rambam and the Tosafot, there are legs for the matter, they were directed to the seat of the Sugiya for the guidance of the Rashi - H. Hazaz/ Dorot Harashonim, 18)