Meaning of אסטניס | Babel Free
הגדרות
finicky or squeamish person, someone delicate or oversensitive to physical discomfort
שוות ערך
English
asthenic
דוגמאות
“רָחַץ לַיְלָה הָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁמֵּתָה אִשְׁתּוֹ. אָמְרוּ לוֹ תַלְמִידָיו, ״לֹא לִמַּדְתָּנוּ, רַבֵּנוּ, שֶׁאָבֵל אָסוּר לִרְחֹץ!?״ .אָמַר לָהֶם, ״אֵינִי כִשְׁאָר כָּל אָדָם, אִסְטְנִיס אָנִי.״”
He washed the first night after his wife died. His students said to him, "Didn't you teach us, rabbi, that a mourner is forbidden from washing!?" He said to them, "I'm not like everyone else. I'm a delicate person."
“וְאוֹתוֹ תַּלְמִיד אִיסְטְנִיס הָיָה, וְלֹא רָצָה לִשְׁתּוֹת, וּמֵת בַּצָּמָא”
And that student was a squeamish person and did not want to drink, and died of thirst.
רמת CEFR
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.