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ביטוי (אנגלית)

face to the ground

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Kneeling on the knees with a gaze downward. An expression that generally conveys submission before someone standing opposite (literally: the nostrils of the nose have reached the ground).

("Then David arose and went out of the cave, and called after Saul, saying: 'My lord the king.' And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the ground and prostrated himself" – 1 Samuel 24:9, and also: "And another man, a man knelt, fell / face to the ground" – Saul Tchernichovsky / The Sculptor)