לא ברא השטן

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Hebrew[edit]

Phrase[edit]

לֹּא בָּרָא הַשָּׂטָן (lo bará hasatán)

  1. (idiomatic) terrible, horrible (literally: the devil did not create)
    • 1903, Hayim Nahman Bialik, On the Slaughter 22–25:
      וְאָרוּר הָאוֹמֵר: נְקֹם! \ נְקָמָה כָזֹאת, נִקְמַת דַּם יֶלֶד קָטָן \ עוֹד לֹא-בָרָא הַשָּׂטָן – \ וְיִקֹּב הַדָּם אֶת-הַתְּהוֹם!
      And cursed is the [one] who says: avenge! / Such vengeance, vengeance of blood of a small child / The devil has not yet created – / And blood will puncture the abyss!