הקש ששבר את גב הגמל

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Hebrew

Etymology

From הַקַּשׁ (hakásh, the straw) + שֶׁ־ (she-, that) + שָּׁבַר (shavár, broke) + אֶת (ét, ) + גַּב־ (gáv-, back of) + הַגָּמָל (hagamál, the camel), hence literally “the straw that broke the camel’s back”; a calque from English.

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Noun

הַקַּשׁ שֶׁשָּׁבַר אֶת גַּב הַגָּמָל (hakásh sheshavár ét gáv hagamál)

  1. the straw that broke the camel's back: the small additional burden which causes failure