And he turned and struck, he turned and struck
He turned and looked around.
("And he turned and looked, and saw that there was no one, and he killed the Egyptian, and hid him in the pit" - Exodus 2:12 (Moses killed the Egyptian who had struck a Hebrew), and also: "And the merchant went to see ... and he turned and looked, and saw that there was no one. And he sat down, and behold, the house was gone" - Sha'i Agnon/ Sifurei HaBe'Sh'at, part for the world to come)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
וַיִּפֶן כֹּה וָכֹה, פָּנָה כֹּה וָכֹה
Definition (Hebrew)
פָּנָה כֹּה וָכֹה. הִבִּיט לִצְדָדָיו.
("וַיִּפֶן כֹּה וָכֹה וַיַּרְא כִּי אֵין אִישׁ וַיַּךְ אֶת הַמִּצְרִי וַיִּטְמְנֵהוּ בַּחוֹל"- שְׁמוֹת ב יב (מֹשֶׁה הוֹרֵג אֶת הַמִּצְרִי שֶׁהִכָּה אִישׁ עִבְרִי), וְכֵן:"וַיֵּלֶךְ הָאִישׁ הַסּוֹחֵר לִרְאוֹת ...וַיִּפֶן כֹּה וָכֹה וַיַּרְא כִּי אֵין אִישׁ.וַיֵּשֶׁב וְהִנֵּה נֶעֱלַם הַבַּיִת"- שַׁ"י עַגְנוֹן/ סִפּוּרֵי הַבֵּעשְׁ"ט, חֵלֶק לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא)