בִּקַּשְׁתִּיו וְלֹא מְצָאתִיו, ביקשתיו ולא מצאתיו

ביטוי (אנגלית)

I sought him but did not find him

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Searched for him a lot but did not find him. Figuratively: lost.

(“I opened to my beloved, and my beloved slipped away; my soul went forth in his words; I sought him but did not find him; I called him, and he did not answer me” – Song of Songs 5:6; and likewise: “And in your bosom they will carry us to the four winds of heaven / and you sought and did not find a word for it” – H.N. Bialik / In the City of Slaughter; and likewise: “So that we could drive a peg into it, strong, faithful, and secure, and say: but this is the relief, we sought – we found rest” – H.N. Bialik / How Much, O How Much; and likewise: “In any case the child went away, and they sought him but did not find him” – S.Y. Agnon / Stories of the Baal Shem Tov, Wedding in the Forest; and likewise: “I walked through the markets in the streets, to seek the man, who stood for me in a time of distress, and I did not find him. Also the next year I searched and investigated after that wondrous man” – Mordechai Ben Yehezkel / Book of Tales, Part Four, Merit of a Commandment in This World, 89.)