At the head of the streets; at every street corner; he cried out at the street corners.
Publicly; in front of everyone; proclaimed before all.
(“Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord; lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children, who faint from hunger at the head of every street.” — Lamentations 2:19 And likewise: “That is to say, holy Israel, God forbid, are cast about at the head of every street, because the head of the household has departed and withdrawn—that is, the true righteous one.” — Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, Likkutei Moharan (Second Collection), 67 And likewise: “And holy Israel, God forbid, are cast about at the head of every street, as we saw above.” — S. Y. Agnon, These and Those, “And the Crooked Shall Be Made Straight,” p. 87)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בְּרֹאשׁ חוּצוֹת, בְּרֹאשׁ כָּל חוּצוֹת, קְרָא בְּרֹאשׁ חוּצוֹת
Definition (Hebrew)
בְּפֻמְבִּי. בִּפְנֵי כֻּלָּם.הִכְרִיז כְּלַפֵּי כָּל.
("קוּמִי רֹנִּי בְּלֵיל בַלַּיְלָה לְרֹאשׁ אַשְׁמֻרוֹת שִׁפְכִי כַמַּיִם לִבֵּךְ נֹכַח פְּנֵי אֲדֹנָי שְׂאִי אֵלָיו כַּפַּיִךְ עַל נֶפֶשׁ עוֹלָלַיִךְ הָעֲטוּפִים בְּרָעָב בְּרֹאשׁ כָּל חוּצוֹת"- אֵיכָה ב יט, וְכֵן:"דְּהַיְנוּ שֶׁיִּשְׂרָאֵל קְדוֹשִׁים מִתְגַּלְגְּלִים חָס וְשָׁלוֹם בְּרֹאשׁ כָּל חוּצוֹת כִּי נִסְתַּלֵּק וְנִתְעַלֵּם הָרֹאשׁ בַּיִת, דְּהַיְנוּ הַצַּדִּיק הָאֲמִתִּי"- ר' נַחְמָן מִבְּרֶסְלָב/ לִקּוּטֵי מוהר"ן- תְּנִינָא, ס"ז, וְכֵן:"וְיִשְׂרָאֵל קְדוֹשִׁים מִתְגּוֹלְלִים חָס וְשָׁלוֹם בְּרֹאשׁ כָּל חוּצוֹת כַּאֲשֶׁר רָאִינוּ לְמַעְלָה"-עַגְנוֹן/ אֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ, וְהָיָה הֶעָקֹב לְמִישׁוֹר, 87)