Came like a thief, came like a thief in the night

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Came like a thief, came like a thief in the night

Came like a thief, came like a thief in the night

Figuratively: behaved in a way that appears suspicious or illegal.

("They rush on the city; they run on the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in at the windows like a thief." - Joel 2:9)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בָּא כְּגַנָּב, בָּא כְּגַנָּב בַּלַּיְלָה

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הִתְנַהֵג בְּצוּרָה הַנִּרְאֵית כַּחֲשׁוּדָה אוֹ כְּבִלְתִּי חֻקִּית.

("בָּעִיר יָשֹׁקּוּ בַּחוֹמָה יְרֻצוּן בַּבָּתִּים יַעֲלוּ בְּעַד הַחַלּוֹנִים יָבֹאוּ כַּגַּנָּב"- יוֹאֵל ב ט)

Keyword

suspicion behavior Night thief legality

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