by a way that is not a way
Figuratively: by a difficult and disrupted path. In a convoluted or complicated manner.
("He removes the understanding of the leaders of the land and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way" – Job 12:24)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בְּדֶרֶךְ לֹא דֶרֶךְ
Definition (Hebrew)
בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: בְּדֶרֶךְ קָשֶׁה וּמְשֻׁבֶּשֶׁת. בְּאֹפֶן פַּתְלָתֵל אוֹ מְסֻבָּךְ.
("מֵסִיר לֵב רָאשֵׁי עַם הָאָרֶץ וַיַּתְעֵם בְּתֹהוּ לֹא דָרֶךְ"- אִיּוֹב י״ב, כ״ד)