To bring to futility

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To bring to futility

To bring to futility

To squander in vain. To bring about with no purpose or benefit.

("Rava said: Even so, the word did not go forth in vain" - Blessings of Seg 3b, and also: "And their words did not go forth in vain. There are those who heard and came...and if time betrayed them, they did not betray the land" - Agnon/ Tamol Shilshom, 46).

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

הוֹצִיא לְבַטָּלָה

Definition (Hebrew)

בִּזְבֵּז לַשָּׁוְא. הוֹצִיא לְלֹא כָּל מַטָּרָה אוֹ תּוֹעֶלֶת.

("אָמַר רָבָא: אַף עַל פִּי כֵן לֹא יָצָא הַדָּבָר לְבַטָּלָה"- בְּרָכוֹת סג ע"ב, וְכֵן:"וְדִבְרֵיהֶם לֹא יָצְאוּ לְבַטָּלָה. יֵשׁ שֶׁשָּׁמְעוּ וּבָאוּ...וְאִם הַזְּמַן בָּגַד בָּהֶם,הֵם לֹא בָּגְדוּ בָּאָרֶץ"-עַגְנוֹן/ תְּמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם, 46).

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