He held fast to his wickedness
He continued to do his evil deeds.
("And I have sinned and corrupted myself and abhorred myself and erred/And I have turned away from Your ways and You have covered me with Your word/And I have increased in doing evil and strengthened myself in my wickedness" - R. Abraham ibn Ezra/You have come to me, you have watered me)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הֶחֱזִיק בְּרִשְׁעוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
הִמְשִׁיךְ בַּעֲשִׂיַּת מַעֲשָׂיו הָרָעִים.
("וְרָשַׁעְתִּי וְשִׁחַתְתִּי וְתִעַבְתִּי וְתָעִיתִי/וְסַרְתִּי מִדְּרָכֶיךָ וְכִסַּתְנִי כְלִמָּתִי/וְהִגְדַּלְתִּי עֲשׂוֹת רֶשַׁע וְהֶחֱזַקְתִּי בְּרִשְׁעָתִי"-ר' אַבְרָהָם אִבְּן עֶזְרָא/לֵךְ אֵלִי תְּשׁוּקָתִי)