He drew the bow, he drew his bow
He stretched the string of the bow for the purpose of shooting the arrow. He aimed the arrow at the center of the bow.
("The path of his bow and he set me as a stone to be shot" - Lamentations 3:12, and so: "The path of his bow and his arrows made me tremble/ I sweated greatly and I was overcome/ Judah the son of Tyre (19th century)/ My friend, my brother and my kinsman)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
דָּרַךְ קֶשֶׁת, דָּרַךְ קַשְׁתּוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
מָתַח אֶת הַחוּט שֶׁבְּקֶשֶׁת לְצֹרֶךְ יְרִיַּת הַחֵץ. כִּוֵּן אֶת הַחֵץ בְּאֶמְצָעוּת הַקֶּשֶׁת.
("דָּרַךְ קַשְׁתּוֹ וַיַּצִּיבֵנִי כַּמַּטָּרָא לַחֵץ"- אֵיכָה ג יב, וְכֵן:"דֶּרֶךְ קַשְׁתּוֹ לְהַבְעָיָתִי/ מְאוֹד זַעְתִּי וְזָחַלְתִּי/ יְהוּדָה בֶּן צוּר (הַמֵּאָה הי"ט)/ יְדִידִי אָחִי וּקְרוֹבֵי)