To miss a target (mark/ aim) / to miss one's aim

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To miss a target (mark/ aim) / to miss one's aim

To miss a target (mark/ aim) / to miss one's aim

He shot the arrow at a place other than the target. In a question: He made a mistake and did not reach the correct target (mistake means not hitting the target).

("Thus he thought, but in truth he missed the point, for he was not the son of Abraham, but the son of Abram. And he was very ready to understand the matter" - Shu't Afrakasta Da'aniya Helek D - Various Matters, Simon Shased)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

הֶחְטִיא אֶת הַמַּטָּרָה

Definition (Hebrew)

הִשְׁלִיךְ אֶת הַחֵץ בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁאֵינוֹ הַמַּטָּרָה. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: טָעָה וְלֹא הִשִּׂיג אֶת הַמַּטָּרָה הַנְּכוֹנָה (הַחְטָאָה מַשְׁמָע אִי פְּגִיעָה בַּמַּטָּרָה).

("כָּךְ חָשַׁב הוּא, אֲבָל בֶּאֱמֶת הֶחְטִיא אֶת הַמַּטָּרָה כִּי אֵינוֹ בֶּן אַבְרָהָם אֶלָּא בֶּן אַבְרָם. ותלי"ת הוּא נָכוֹן מְאֹד לַמֵּבִין בַּמִּקְרָא"- שׁוּ"ת אַפְּרָקַסְתָּא דַּעֲנִיא חֵלֶק דְּ - עִנְיָנִים שׁוֹנִים סִימָן שסד)

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