אתליטיס
Grammatical information: noun m.
Inflected:
Grammatical information: pl.
Translation: athlete
Translation equivalent: ἀθλητής
1) Yalq 38 [I 128: 58]
קשה הדבר לאומרו. לשני איטליסין שהיו מגששין ועומידין לפני המלך, אלא רצה המלך לפרשן היה יכול, חזק אחד על חברו והרגו
R. Shimʿon bar Yoḥai said: It is difficult to say this thing, and the mouth cannot utter it plainly. Think of two athletes wrestling before the king; had the king wished, he could separate them. But he did not so desire, and one overcame the other and killed him ... [Freedman / Simon I 189]
= GenR 22,9 [I 216: 6] (אתליטין)
2) Yalq 132 [II 656: 26]
ר' חייא בר חנניא אמ' שרו של עשו היה, הוא דהוה א"ל כי על כן ראיתי פניך כראות פני אלהים ותרצני. להיטלס שעומד ומתגושש עם בנו של מלך, תלה עיניו והיה המלך עומד והרפיש עצמו לפניו
R. Hama b. R. Hanina said: It was the guardian Prince [angel] of Esau. To this Jacob alluded when he said to him [Esau]: Forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one seeth the face of Elohim, and thou wast pleased with me (Gen 33,10).. This may be compared to an athlete who was wrestling with a royal prince; lifting up his eyes and seeing the king standing near him, he threw himself down before him [Freedman / Simon II 711-712].
= GenR 77,3 [II 912: 4] (התליטיס)
Cf. GenR אתליטיס
Bibliography:
Krauss, LW II, 136a.
How to cite: Art. אתליטיס in: Dictionary of Loanwords in Rabbinic Literature. Eds. . https://lrl.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/atlites-ys.html. 2024.
