To leave someone alone/ to allow someone (to do something)
He left him to his own devices. He ended the conflict that existed between them. Or: He allowed him to...
("And you shall cross the Jordan and settle in the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess, and he will give you rest from all your enemies on every side, and you shall dwell in safety" - Deuteronomy 12:10, and so: "The veil said: The king and his son are before us in a small place - why does he say, "Give me rest"? Is it not because the king wants to go and make peace with his son, For you he cries out: "Give me rest" - many names from the Bible, and so: "Your works are greatly pleasing to the living God/ and he will give you rest from all the Hebrews" - Abraham ben Halfon (the hundredth one)/ Shamech Hatan, and so: "Do not judge him by the sound of his voice, give him rest as a rod for speech" - Jonathan gave/ before he was gathered, and so: "Give me rest, I say, and you will always "Put it to me, always on time" - Idit Funk/ Put it to me)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הֵנִיחַ לוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
עָזַב אוֹתוֹ לְנַפְשׁוֹ. הִפְסִיק אֶת הַמַּגָּע שֶׁהָיָה בֵּינֵיהֶם. אוֹ: הַרְשֵׁה לוֹ ל...
("וַעֲבַרְתֶּם אֶת הַיַּרְדֵּן וִישַׁבְתֶּם בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר ה' אֱלֹהֵיכֶם מַנְחִיל אֶתְכֶם וְהֵנִיחַ לָכֶם מִכָּל אֹיְבֵיכֶם מִסָּבִיב וִישַׁבְתֶּם בֶּטַח"- דְּבָרִים יב י, וְכֵן:"אָמַר הַפַּרְגּוֹד: הַמֶּלֶךְ וּבְנוֹ לְפָנִים בְּקִיטוֹן- לָמָּה הוּא אוֹמֵר "הַנִּיחוּ לִי"? אֶלָּא מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהַמֶּלֶךְ מְבַקֵּשׁ שֶׁאֵלֵךְ וַאֲפַיְּסֶנּוּ עַל בְּנוֹ, לְפִיכָךְ הוּא מְצַעֵק: הִנִּיחָה לִי"- שְׁמוֹת רַבָּה מב, וְכֵן:"כְּבָר נִרְצוּ פְּעָלֶיךָ לְאֵל חַי/ וְהִנִּיחַ לָךְ מִכָּל עִבְרִים"- אַבְרָהָם בֶּן חַלְפוֹן (הַמֵּאָה הִטּוּ)/ שָׂמֵחַ חָתָן, וְכֵן:"אַל תָּדוּן אוֹתוֹ בְּרֶגַע צַעֲרוֹ, הַנַּח לוֹ כָּכָה לַהֲגוֹת"- נָתָן יוֹנָתָן/ לִפְנֵי שֶׁיֵּאָסֵף, וְכֵן:"הַנִּיחִי לִי אֲנִי אוֹמֵר, וְאַתְּ תָּמִיד מֻנַּחַת/ לִידֵי, תָּמִיד בִּזְמַן"- עִדִּית פַּאנְק/ הַנִּיחִי לִי)