there is neither voice nor answer

No one answers the call. There is no response to the request. No one is present.

("And they called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, answer us. But there was neither voice nor any answer" - I Kings 18:26 (the prophets of Baal calling to Baal), and also: "There is neither voice nor answer-/ and Jonah with a lad/ still knocking/ on the gate's door" - H.N. Bialik / Behind the Gate, and also: "No answer, no voice./ The gatekeeper delays./ He will be late, he will delay the longed-for moment" - Rachel / Fate, and also: "I knocked on the door and there was neither voice nor answer" - S.Y. Agnon / In the Prime of Her Life, and also: "Once the shopkeeper sent the letter to the official Farhi as usual, and there was neither voice nor answer. No money and no letter" - Mordechai ben Yechezkel / The Book of Tales Part Four, In the Merit of the Torah, 164)

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