בעזרת השם

Hebrew

Etymology

From בְּ־ (b'-, “with”) +‎ עֶזְרָה (ezrá, “help”) +‎ הַשֵּם (Hashém), literally “with the help of Hashem”.

Pronunciation

Phrase

בְּעֶזְרַת הַשֵּׁם • (b'ezrát Hashém)

  1. God willing, with the help of God
    • 2000, Mira Magen, chapter 7, in בשוכבי ובקומי, אישה [Love, After All]‎[1] (fiction), Jerusalem, IL: Keter, →ISBN, page 241:
      הוא שאל את אודליה אם יש לה אקדח, והיא אמרה שאין לה ושלא ידאג כי בעזרת השם הם יגיעו בשלום.
      hu sha'ál et Odalyá im yesh lah ekdákh, v'hi amrá she'én lah, v'sheló yid'ág ki b'ezrát Hashém hem yagí'u b'shalóm
      He asked Odalia if she had a gun, and she said that she did not, and he should not worry because, God willing, they would arrive peacefully.
    • 2024 September 5, Yehuda Sharoni, “"שר האוצר בצלאל סמוטריץ' וממשלת נתניהו הם עבריינים" ["Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and the Netanyahu Administration are Criminals"]”, in Maariv‎[2], Tel Aviv, Israel, archived from the original on 11 September 2024, Domestic Economy:
      זה תקציב ׳בעזרת השם׳. זה נהדר, אבל לא מספיק.
      ze taktsív b'ezrat Hashém. ze nehedár, avál lo maspík.
      It's a 'God-willing' budget. That's great, but not enough.

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