To make lengthy / lengthen
Made the matter with excessive length. Drew out the issue too much.
("I have seen everything in the days of vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his evil." - Ecclesiastes 7:15, and likewise: "He did not lengthen his words with them, but was turning... and inquiring about Rabbi David" - Y. Burla / Kisufim, 23)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הֶאֱרִיךְ בַּדָּבָר
Definition (Hebrew)
עָשָׂה אֶת הַדָּבָר בַּאֲרִיכוּת יֶתֶר. מָשַׁךְ אֶת הָעִנְיָן יוֹתֵר מִדַּי.
("אֶת הַכֹּל רָאִיתִי בִּימֵי הֶבְלִי יֵשׁ צַדִּיק אֹבֵד בְּצִדְקוֹ וְיֵשׁ רָשָׁע מַאֲרִיךְ בְּרָעָתוֹ"- קֹהֶלֶת ז טוּ, וְכֵן:"לֹא הֶאֱרִיךְ עִמָּם בִּדְבָרִים אֶלָּא הָיָה חוֹזֵר...וְשׁוֹאֵל עַל ר' דָּוִד"-י.בּוּרְלָא/ כִּסּוּפִים, 23 )