רגלים לדבר

Hebrew

Alternative forms

  • רגליים לדבר

Etymology

Literally, the thing has feet [to stand on].

Phrase

רגלים לדבר / רַגְלַיִם לַדָּבָר • (ragláyim ladavár)

  1. (Mishnaic Hebrew) there is a basis, a reason for it.

References

  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 1449