סוף מעשה במחשבה תחילה
English translation: Every achievement starts with an idea
| 18:32 Nov 5, 2014 |
| Hebrew to English translations [PRO] Marketing - Marketing / Market Research / advertising materials | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Emanuel Weisgras United States | ||||||
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Every achievement starts with an idea Explanation: Best guess :) There is also: "think on the end before you begin" Reference: http://translation.babylon.com/hebrew/%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%A3+%D7... |
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Look before you leap Explanation: There are other possibilities, I expect, depending on the tone of the whole. |
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44 mins confidence:
first think, then act/think before you act Explanation: think on the end before you begin |
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1planning makes perfect Explanation: This is a colloquial expression of the idea in this quote. This is very different from the liturgical context, which is from the Lecha Dodi piyut in the Friday night Shabbat liturgy. There, it refers to the Sabbath, which was the "last made" day, but the "first planned" by the almighty. |
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