To come late / Miss the opportunity
To arrive late; to miss the right moment or opportunity.
("Through the window looked forth, and cried the mother of Sisera, through the lattice: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?’" – Judges 5:28, Song of Deborah)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
אֵחַר לָבוֹא
Definition (Hebrew)
הִגִּיעַ לְאַחַר הַזְּמַן. אִחֵר.
("בְּעַד הַחַלּוֹן נִשְׁקְפָה וַתְּיַבֵּב אֵם סִיסְרָא בְּעַד הָאֶשְׁנָב מַדּוּעַ בֹּשֵׁשׁ רִכְבּוֹ לָבוֹא מַדּוּעַ אֶחֱרוּ פַּעֲמֵי מַרְכְּבוֹתָיו" – שׁוֹפְטִים ה כֹּחַ, שִׁירַת דְּבוֹרָה)