He lost his way
See: “Loss of direction.”
(So too the people of the generation of the Flood — they did not recognize their Creator and refused to do charity; therefore they perished from the world, as Elihu says (Job 4:20): “Without notice they perish forever.” — Midrash Zuta, Song of Songs (Buber), Section 1)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
אָבְדָה דַּרְכּוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
רְאֵה: "אָבְדַן דֶּרֶךְ".
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