Went Out Into the Open Spaces/ to be freed
Went out into the open spaces. Figuratively: began his path; broke free from his restraints; set out on his free, independent way.
("He brought me out into the open; he delivered me, because he delighted in me" - Psalms 18:20, and also: "See, I have given you a bill of sale for money, with which you may go out into the open" - Avraham Mapu, Ayit Tzavu'a, p. 90, and also: "They brought out into the open my imprisoned strength / from the scent of the field it will blossom with my limp / as grass my bones, which were spent, shall blossom" - H.N. Bialik, A Small Letter, and also: "The mast is raised high, the flag is flying / and I, with a compass and many clocks / go out into the open, into the open" - Rimonah Dinur, When I Grow Up, My Ship's Wheel)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
יָצָא לַמֶּרְחָב
Definition (Hebrew)
יָצָא לַשְּׁטָחִים הַפְּתוּחִים. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הֵחֵל אֶת דַּרְכּוֹ. הִשְׁתַּחְרֵר מִכְּבָלָיו. יָצָא לְדַרְכּוֹ הַחָופְשִׁית.
("וַיּוֹצִיאֵנִי לַמֶּרְחָב יְחַלְּצֵנִי כִּי חָפֵץ בִּי"- תְּהִלִּים יח כ, וְכֵן:"רְאֵה,נָתַתִּי לְךָ שְׁטַר כֶּסֶף אֲשֶׁר מְחִירוֹ חֲמִשִּׁים שֶׁקֶל, בּוֹ תֵּצֵא לַמֶּרְחָב"- אַבְרָהָם מַאפּוּ/ עַיִט צָבוּעַ, 90, וְכֵן:"הוֹצִיאוּ לַמֶּרְחָב אֶת כּוֹחִי הַכָּלוּא/ מֵרִיחַ הַשָּׂדֶה יַפְרִיחַ עִם דַּל/ כְּדֶשֶׁא תִּפְרַחְנָה עַצְמוֹתַי שֶׁבְּלוֹ"- ח.נ.בְּיָאלִיק/ אִגֶּרֶת קְטַנָּה, וְכֵן:"הַתֹּרֶן לְמַעְלָה הַדֶּגֶל מוּנָף/ וַאֲנִי עִם מַצְפֵּן וְהַרְבֵּה שְׁעוֹנִים/ יוֹצֵא לַמֶּרְחָב,לַמֶּרְחָב"- רִמּוֹנָהּ דִּינוּר/ כְּשֶׁאֶהְיֶה גָּדוֹל, שׁוֹטֵי סְפִינָתִי)