He went out of the way...and into the way...he did not arrive.
It came out of one group but has not yet been gathered into another group. It is between two possibilities. It came out of one group... but has not yet been gathered into a group...
("They were excluded from the category of minors and were disqualified among young pigeons, but did not come into the category of adults" - Rabbi Eliyahu Mizrachi (HaRaM), Leviticus, chapter 1, 14; and likewise: "There was a minor witness who came out of the category of a village and had not yet entered the category of a city" - Agnon, Eilu va-Eilu, Min HaShamayim, 142)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
יָצָא מִכְּלָל...וְלַכְּלָל...לֹא הִגִּיעַ
Definition (Hebrew)
יָצָא מֵהַגְדָּרָה אַחַת אַךְ לֹא נִכְנַס לְהַגְדָּרָה אַחֶרֶת. מָצוּי בֵּין שְׁנֵי אֶפְשָׁרוּיוֹת. יָצָא מִקְּבוּצָה אחתשׁל...אַךְ עֲדַיִין לֹא נִכְנַס לִקְבוּצַת...
("שֶׁיָּצְאוּ מִכְּלַל קְטַנִּים וְנִפְסְלוּ בִּבְנֵי יוֹנָה, וְלִכְלַל גְּדוֹלִים לֹא בָּאוּ"- רַבִּי אֵלִיָּהוּ מִזְרָחִי (הרא"ם) וַיִּקְרָא פֶּרֶק א יָד, וְכֵן:"הָיְתָה עֵיד קְטַנָּה שֶׁיָּצְתָה מִכְּלַל כְּפָר וְלִכְלַל עִיר לֹא בָּאָה"- עַגְנוֹן/ אֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ, מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם,142)