Departed from His Place
He moved from his place. He went to another location.
("As the way of a murderer who killed his friend unintentionally, he is revealed from his place and dwells in cities of refuge" - Midrash Tanchuma (Varsha) Parashat Massei, section 11, and similarly: "From the ways of repentance, the penitent is always crying before the Lord... and goes into exile from his place, for exile atones for sin, because it causes him to be humbled and to be meek and lowly in spirit" - Rambam / Sefer HaMada, Laws of Repentance, Chapter 2, Halacha 4, 153)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
גָּלָה מִמְּקוֹמוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
נָדַד מִמְּקוֹמוֹ. עָבַר לְמָקוֹר אַחֵר.
("כְּדֶרֶךְ הָרוֹצֵחַ חֲבֵרוֹ בִּשְׁגָגָה שֶׁגֻּלָּה מִמְּקוֹמוֹ וְיוֹשֵׁב בְּעָרֵי מִקְלָט"- מִדְרַשׁ תַּנְחוּמָא (וַרְשָׁא) פָּרָשַׁת מַסְּעֵי סִימָן יָא, וְכֵן:"מִדַּרְכֵי הַתְּשׁוּבָה,לִהְיוֹת הַשָּׁב צוֹעֵק תָּמִיד לִפְנֵי ה'...וְגוֹלֶה מִמְּקוֹמוֹ,שֶׁגָּלוּת מְכַפֶּרֶת עָווֹן, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁגּוֹרֶמֶת לוֹ לְהִכָּנַע וְלִהְיוֹת עָנָו וּשְׁפַל רוּחַ"- הָרַמְבָּ"ם/ סֵפֶר הַמַּדָּע, הִלְכוֹת תְּשׁוּבָה, פֶּרֶק שֵׁנִי, ד, 153)