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What doesnt kill me only makes me stronger.

Hebrew translation: מה שלא הורג מחשל

14:07 Nov 30, 2007
English to Hebrew translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: What doesnt kill me only makes me stronger.
Its an old saying. How would it look in Hebrew?
Nath
Hebrew translation:מה שלא הורג מחשל
Explanation:
MA SHELO HOREG MEHASHEL

It is the exact expression in Hebrew
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5 +6מה שלא הורג מחשל
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5 +1מה שלא מחסל מחשל
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
what doesnt kill me only makes me stronger.
מה שלא הורג מחשל


Explanation:
MA SHELO HOREG MEHASHEL

It is the exact expression in Hebrew

DocuMed
Local time: 07:46
Native speaker of: Native in HebrewHebrew, Native in GermanGerman
Grading comment
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yaara Di Segni
20 mins
agree  Daly Gordon-Bahat
21 mins
agree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD
25 mins
agree  Vitaly Gurevich
1 hr
agree  Zehavit Ehre
2 hrs
agree  anda
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
what doesnt kill me only makes me stronger.
מה שלא מחסל מחשל


Explanation:
Ma shelo mechasel mechashel
This is the more commonly used -- and poetic -- version. "Mechasel" is a synonym for "horeg", both mean "kill".

Tal Ganani (X)
United States
Local time: 00:46
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HebrewHebrew

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Doron Greenspan MITI: Nice aliteration!
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