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מעוות לא יוכל לתקון

English translation: That which is crooked cannot be made straight

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Hebrew term or phrase:	מעוות לא יוכל לתקון
English translation:	That which is crooked cannot be made straight
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Hebrew term or phrase: מעוות לא יוכל לתקון

מעוות לא יוכל לתקון" -ביטוי שמופיע בכתב טענות לבית המשפט"

shmoopy

That which is crooked cannot be made straight

Explanation:
מקור:
"מעוות, לא יוכל לתקון; וחסרון, לא יוכל להימנות" (קוהלת א,טו)

(Ecclesiastes Chapter 1, 15)
"That which is crooked cannot be made straight; (and that which is wanting cannot be numbered)."

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Note added at 8 mins (2009-08-04 06:41:15 GMT)
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ומשמעות הדבר - סוגי עברות שלא ניתן לתקנן

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That which is crooked cannot be made straight

Smantha

"An unrightable wrong"

Jonathan Orr-Stav

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That which is crooked cannot be made straight

Smantha
Local time: 05:52
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Russian,

Hebrew
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"An unrightable wrong"

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Assuming, of course, you need a snappy English equivalent – not the literal translation from the Bible. Picture a lawyer standing up in court: how would she put it?

Reference: http://www.buy.com/prod/to-right-the-unrightable-wrong/q/loc...

Jonathan Orr-Stav
Local time: 19:52
Native speaker of:

English,

Hebrew

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מעוות לא יוכל לתקון

English translation: That which is crooked cannot be made straight

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