To drive the mind mad
Caused the mind to go mad. To drive insane. Prevented the ability to think clearly or weigh knowledge.
("I answered - I became poor and lowly ... I answered my sick. He is the one who devours knowledge, and his name is "poor" in the second language" - Rashdi Tehillim Kait 17, and so: "Gret jumped and cried out, the one in danger! We believe that her knowledge was devoured" - Agnon/ Ad Hena, 56)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִטְרִיף אֶת הַדַּעַת
Definition (Hebrew)
גָּרַם לְטֵרוּף הַדַּעַת. שִׁגֵּעַ. מָנַע יְכֹלֶת חֲשִׁיבָה בְּשִׁקּוּל דַּעַת.
("נַעֲנֵיתִי-נַעֲשֵׂיתִי עָנִי וְשָׁפָל ... נַעֲנֵיתִי חֹלִי הוּא שֶׁמְּטָרֵף אֶת הַדַּעַת וּשְׁמוֹ עֲנִיָּה בִּלְשׁוֹן מִשְׁנֶה"- רָשִׁ"י תְּהִלִּים קַיִט קז, וְכֵן:"קָפְצָה גֶּרֶט וּצְוָחָה, הַנִּסְכָּן! סְבוּרוֹת הָיִינוּ שֶׁנִּטְרְפָה דַּעְתָּהּ"- עַגְנוֹן/ עַד הֵנָּה, 56)