See ליס in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "others are in the condition of men, whose darkness is illumined not by lightning, but by some kind of crystal or similar stone, or other substances that possess the property of shining during the night; and to them even this small amount of light is not continuous, but now it shines and now it vanishes, as if it were “the flame of the rotating sword.”",
"ref": "c. 1190, Maimonides, דלאלת אלחאירין [dalālat al-ḥā'irīn, The Guide for the Perplexed], :",
"roman": "dalālat al-ḥā'irīn",
"text": "ות׳ם מן לא ינתהי לדרג׳ה יצ׳ו ט׳לאמה בברק בל בג׳סם סקיל או נחוה מן אלחג׳ארה וגירהא אלתי תצ׳י פי ט׳למאת אלליל ולו ד׳לך אלצ׳ו אליסיר איצ׳א אלד׳י ישרק עלינא ליס הו דאימא בל ילוח ויכ׳פי כאנה להט החרב המתהפכת.",
"translation": "others are in the condition of men, whose darkness is illumined not by lightning, but by some kind of crystal or similar stone, or other substances that possess the property of shining during the night; and to them even this small amount of light is not continuous, but now it shines and now it vanishes, as if it were “the flame of the rotating sword.”",
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"english": "others are in the condition of men, whose darkness is illumined not by lightning, but by some kind of crystal or similar stone, or other substances that possess the property of shining during the night; and to them even this small amount of light is not continuous, but now it shines and now it vanishes, as if it were “the flame of the rotating sword.”",
"ref": "c. 1190, Maimonides, דלאלת אלחאירין [dalālat al-ḥā'irīn, The Guide for the Perplexed], :",
"roman": "dalālat al-ḥā'irīn",
"text": "ות׳ם מן לא ינתהי לדרג׳ה יצ׳ו ט׳לאמה בברק בל בג׳סם סקיל או נחוה מן אלחג׳ארה וגירהא אלתי תצ׳י פי ט׳למאת אלליל ולו ד׳לך אלצ׳ו אליסיר איצ׳א אלד׳י ישרק עלינא ליס הו דאימא בל ילוח ויכ׳פי כאנה להט החרב המתהפכת.",
"translation": "others are in the condition of men, whose darkness is illumined not by lightning, but by some kind of crystal or similar stone, or other substances that possess the property of shining during the night; and to them even this small amount of light is not continuous, but now it shines and now it vanishes, as if it were “the flame of the rotating sword.”",
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