Colophons of Hebrew manuscripts and incunabula, in addition to bibliographical information, contain, as a rule, various blessings or good wishes associated with the completion of work or the hope of its further continuation. The main source of these texts is, of course, the Hebrew Bible. This article is dedicated to the analysis of one of such good wishes, whose meaning in the context of colophons is diametrically opposite to its meaning in the original biblical text.