הָיָה לִמְשִׁסָּה

ביטוי (אנגלית)

To be plundered

הגדרה (אנגלית)

To plunder or plunder. In the question: To destroy and ruin. To be destroyed and annihilated (the root meaning plunder).

("And I will forsake the remnant of my inheritance and give them into the hand of their enemies, and they shall be a prey and a spoil to all their enemies" - 2 Kings 22:1, and also: "And they shall be a spoil to your foundations/ and shall drive away all that devour you/ May your God rest upon you/ as a bridegroom rests upon his bride" - R. Shlomo Elkabetz/ Piyyut "My uncle said in the prayer on the Sabbath night)