sought his harm
Wanted his harm; endeavored to do him evil. Opposite of “sought his good.”
("And David said to Saul, ‘Why do you listen to the words of men saying, Behold, David seeks your harm’"—1 Samuel 24:9), and: "And he is neither an enemy nor a friend to him—he will testify for us, and does not seek his harm nor his good—he will judge us"—Sanhedrin 29a, and: "And I heard him speaking, and because you did not oppose me, you seek my harm"—S.Y. Agnon, The Doctor and His Wife)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בִּקֵּשׁ אֶת רָעָתוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
רָצָה בְּרַעֲתוֹ. הִתְאַמֵּץ. כְּדֵי לְהָרֵעַ לוֹ. הִפּוּךְ הַבִּיטּוּי "בִּקֵּשׁ אֶת טוֹבָתוֹ"
("וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד לְשָׁאוּל, לָמָּה תִשְׁמַע אֶת דִּבְרֵי אָדָם לֵאמֹר הִנֵּה דָוִד מְבַקֵּשׁ רָעָתֶךָ"- שְׁמוּאֵל א כַּד ט, וְכֵן: "וְהוּא לֹא אוֹיֵב לוֹ וְלֹא אוֹהֵב לוֹ- יַעִידֵנוּ, וְלֹא מְבַקֵּשׁ רָעָתוֹ וְלֹא טוֹבְתוֹ- יְדִינֵנוּ"- סַנְהֶדְרִין כט ע"א, וְכֵן: "וְשָׁמַעְתִּיו מְדַבֵּר וְכִי בִשְׁבִיל שֶׁאִנַּסְתַּנִי אַתָּה מְבַקֵּשׁ רָעָתִי"- שַׁ"י עַגְנוֹן/ הָרוֹפֵא וְגְרוּשׁוֹתָו)