Null from its root / completely nullified
Nullified from its foundation; completely canceled. Lacking any basis, it is therefore considered null.
(“The condition is not voided; rather, it is desired now for the generation, and when desired, the vow will be null from its root” — Responsa of the Rosh, Clal 10, §3; and likewise: “Indeed, there are several confusions and difficulties among researchers, which truly are no wisdom at all, and the difficulties are null from the outset, but since the human mind cannot resolve them, they appear as wisdom and difficulties” — Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, Likkutei Moharan, Torah 64.)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בָּטֵל מֵעִיקָרוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
מְבוּטָּל מֵהַבָּסִיס שֶׁלּוֹ. מְבוּטָּל לְגַמְרֵי. חֲסַר כָּל תַּשְׁתִּית וְלָכֵן הוּא מְבוּטָּל.
("לֹא עוֹקֵר הַתְּנַאי, אֶלָּא חָפֵץ הוּא עַתָּה לִדֹּר, וְלִכְשֶׁיִּרְצֶה יְהֵא הַנֵּדֶר בָּטֵל מֵעִקָּרוֹ"- שׁוּ"ת הָרֹא"שׁ כְּלָל י סִימָן ג, וְכֵן: "כֵּן יֵשׁ כַּמָּה מְבוּכוֹת וְקֻשְׁיוֹת אֵצֶל הַמְּחַקְּרִים, שֶׁבֶּאֱמֶת אֵינָם שׁוּם חָכְמָה, וְהַקֻּשְׁיוֹת בְּטֵלִים מֵעִקָּרָא, אַךְ מֵחֲמַת שֶׁאֵין בְּהַשְׂכֵּל אֱנוֹשִׁי לְיַשְּׁבָם, עַל יְדֵי זֶה נִדְמִים לְחָכְמוֹת וְקֻשְׁיוֹת"- ר' נַחְמָן מִבְּרֶסְלָב/ לִקּוּטֵי מוהר"ן, תּוֹרָה ס"ד)