To make one's way slowly
He advanced at a slow pace. He conducted his affairs in a calm manner. He behaved in a slow manner.
("My Lord will pass on before his servant, and I will lead him slowly, according to the way of the messenger who is before me" - initially in the first verse (Jacob to Esau), and also: "As an ox gains strength, leading silently and slowly/ he treads with his crooked feet, wide-legged and heavy-footed" - H.N. Bialik/Yathmut, and also: "And the chariot led slowly, because "The wheels of the chariot were broken and it could not travel at full speed" - Sha'i Agnon/Sifurei HaBe'Shat, Latova)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִתְנַהֵל לְאִיטּוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
הִתְקַדֵּם בְּקֶצֶב אִטִּי. נִהֵל אֶת עִנְיָנָיו בְּצוּרָה רְגוּעָה. הִתְנַהֵג בְּצוּרָה אִטִּית.
("יַעֲבָר נָא אֲדֹנִי לִפְנֵי עַבְדּוֹ וַאֲנִי אֶתְנָהֲלָה לְאִטִּי לְרֶגֶל הַמְּלָאכָה אֲשֶׁר לְפָנַי"- בְּרֵאשִׁית לג יָד (יַעֲקֹב לְעֵשָׂו ), וְכֵן:"כְּשׁוֹר יְגִיעַ כֹּחַ, מִתְנַהֵל דּוּמָם וּלְאִטּוֹ/ פּוֹסֵעַ בְּמוֹטוֹת עֻלּוֹ, רְחַב גֶּרֶם וּכְבַד צַעַד"- ח.נ. בְּיָאלִיק/יַתְמוּת, וְכֵן:"וְהַמֶּרְכָּבָה הִתְנַהֲלָה לְאִטָּהּ, כִּי נִתְקַלְקְלוּ אָפְנֵי הַמֶּרְכָּבָה וְלֹא יָכְלָה לִנְסֹעַ בִּמְרוּצָה"- שַׁ"י עַגְנוֹן/ סִפּוּרֵי הַבֵּעשְׁ"ט, לְטוֹבָה)