A way full of obstacles

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A way full of obstacles

A way full of obstacles

A path paved with difficulties and obstacles. Figuratively: a problematic direction. Obstacles (חתחתים means cracks, fissures).

(Also from a height they feared, and the path was full of cracks, and the almond tree blossomed, and the locust buzzed, and the poor woman sewed, for man walks to his eternal home, and mourners surrounded the market - Ecclesiastes 12:5; and likewise: When we left the city, the moon disappeared and the way filled with cracks - Agnon/ City and Its Fullness, 417; and likewise: On our return from the central post office, where we had moved away so that no mishap would occur to the letter on the cracked path from Jerusalem to Africa - H. Be'er/ Notes, 152)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

דֶּרֶךְ חַתְחַתִּים

Definition (Hebrew)

דֶּרֶךְ רְצוּפַת קְשָׁיִים וּמִכְשׁוֹלִים. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: כִּוּוּן בְּעָיָתִי. מִכְשׁוֹלִים (חַתְחַתִּים מַשְׁמָע בְּקִיעִים, סְדָקִים).

("גַּם מִגָּבֹהַּ יִרָאוּ וְחַתְחַתִּים בַּדֶּרֶךְ וְיָנֵאץ הַשָּׁקֵד וְיִסְתַּבֵּל הֶחָגָב וְתָפֵר הָאֲבִיּוֹנָה כִּי הֹלֵךְ הָאָדָם אֶל בֵּית עוֹלָמוֹ וְסָבְבוּ בַשּׁוּק הַסֹּפְדִים"- קֹהֶלֶת יב ה, וְכֵן:"מִשֶּׁיָּצָאנוּ מִן הָעִיר נִתְעַלְּמָה הַלְּבָנָה וְנִתְמַלְּאָה הַדֶּרֶךְ חַתְחַתִּים"-עַגְנוֹן/ עִיר וּמְלוֹאָהּ, 417, וְכֵן:"בְּשׁוּבֵנוּ מִן הַדֹּאַר הַמֶּרְכָּזִי, שֶׁהִתְרַחַקְנוּ אֵלָיו כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא תֶּאֱרַע תַּקָּלָה לְאַגְרַת בְּדֶרֶךְ הַחַתְחַתִּים מִיְּרוּשָׁלַיִם וְעַד לְאַפְרִיקָה"-ח.בְּאֵר/ נוֹצוֹת, 152)

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