Loss of direction / Disorientation / Loss of one’s way

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Loss of direction / Disorientation / Loss of one’s way

Loss of direction / Disorientation / Loss of one’s way

Figuratively: going astray or losing one’s sense of purpose and direction in life.

("Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way" – Psalms 2:12; also used by Y. Rotblit in the song ‘Lakachat et Yadi Beyadecha’ to express personal confusion and rediscovery.)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אובְדַן דֶּרֶךְ/ אָבְדַן דֶּרֶךְ (אָבְדָה דַּרְכּוֹ)

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הֲלִיכָה בְּדֶרֶךְ רָעָה. אִבּוּד כִּוּוּן.

("נַשְּׁקוּ בַר פֶּן יֶאֱנַף וְתֹאבְדוּ דֶרֶךְ כִּי יִבְעַר כִּמְעַט אַפּוֹ אַשְׁרֵי כָּל חוֹסֵי בוֹ"- תְּהִלִּים ב יב, וְכֵן:"הָיִיתִי לְבַדִּי וְדַרְכֵי אָבְדָה לִי / וּבָאתָ, וּבָאת לִי בַּזְּמַן"- י. רוֹטְבְּלִיט / לָקַחַת אֶת יָדִי בְּיָדְךָ)

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