To cause sorrow / to sadden/ embitter someone's life

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To cause sorrow / to sadden/ embitter someone's life

To cause sorrow / to sadden/ embitter someone's life

Figuratively: imposed harsh hardships upon him. Caused him to suffer over a period of time (bitterness meaning greens with a bitter taste).

("They have filled me with bitterness, they have filled me with lamentation" - Icha 3 Tu, and so on: "Have you indeed forgotten the taste of bitterness, which together we ate in the exile of the slain?" - H.N. Bialik/ A Small Letter)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

הִשְׂבִּיעַ אוֹתוֹ מְרוֹרִים, הֶאֱכִיל אוֹתוֹ מְרוֹרִים

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הֶעֱרִים עָלָיו קְשָׁיִים קָשִׁים. גָּרַם לוֹ לִסְבֹּל בְּמֶשֶׁךְ זְמַן (מְרוֹרִים מַשְׁמָע יְרָקוֹת שֶׁטַּעְמָם מַר).

("הִשְׂבִּיעַנִי בַמְּרוֹרִים הִרְוַנִי לַעֲנָה"- אֵיכָה ג טוּ, וְכֵן:"הָאָמְנָם שָׁכַחְתָּ אֶת טַעַם הַמְּרוֹרִים, שֶׁיַּחְדָּיו אָכַלְנוּ בַּגָּלוּת הֵחֵל?" - ח.נ. בְּיָאלִיק/ אִגֶּרֶת קְטַנָּה)

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