Hi guys, I need your help. What's the meaning

[haloofmoon]

Hi guys, I need your help. What's the meaning

of the phrase: slipping the bonds of earth. I have to translate the following sentence: "in memory of XYZ, who slipped the bonds of this earth in April..." etc. I tried to google it and found out that this phrase is taken from a famous poem by John Gillespie Magee named "High Flight", but I couldn't figure out how to translate this sentence properly into Hebrew. I would highly appreciate your help.

 

[ArieIO5]

Answer

It seems to be a metaphor for someone who passed away. There doesn't seem to be any meaning beyond that.​

 

[haloofmoon]

thanks, Ariel. I understood that

this was the meaning of the phrase, but I thought maybe there's a more sophisticated translation of it something on the same level of language. Maybe I should go with: "matza et moto". thanks for your help!

 

[אסל]

Hi,I don't know of a sophisticated tranlation

either, but "matza et moto" sounds to me appropriate only when dealing a traumatic death (in an accident or murder), or if the deceased is young and died of a sudden illness. An old man who died did not "matza et moto". I would go with "halach le`olam shekulo tov" if you want sophistication, though I'm sure more thought would bring me more ideas.​

 

[haloofmoon]

you're absolutely right, but in this case

the deceased was young so "matza et moto" is appropriate enough. thanks everyone for your help

 

[ArieIO5]

Oh, ok

It's just that there are so many different expressions in Hebrew to choose from, it made me wonder if THAT was really what you were asking for. Having said that, I can't think of any expression that I know in Hebrew that literally matches the one you've quoted. So you can either choose from the various existing options or translate it directly from English.​