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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.
Pronunciation
Noun
הַקַּשׁ שֶׁשָּׁבַר אֶת גַּב הַגָּמָל • (hakásh sheshavár ét gáv hagamál)
- the straw that broke the camel's back: the small additional burden which causes failure