crossroads / midroad

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crossroads / midroad

crossroads / midroad

Crossroads. A junction or fork in the road. The beginning of the way.

("For the king of Babylon stood at the mother of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shook arrows, he consulted images, he looked in the liver."—Ezekiel 21:26; also: "On the mother of the way a tree stood / No blossom and no fruit"—Nathan Alterman / On the Mother of the Way; also: "On the mother of the roads, far from home / Almost at the edge of the west / Myrtle and jasmine, olive branches / Seem like a mirage"—Rachel Shapira / Beyond the Azure, Beyond the Radiance; also: "And sleepy winds will carry to the mother of the way / Old newspapers and a cloud"—Ehud Manor / Next Year; also: "The squills are arranged on the mother of the way"—Avi Koren / In Spring You Will Return Again)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֵם הַדֶּרֶךְ

Definition (Hebrew)

צֹמֶת דְּרָכִים. פָּרָשַׁת דְּרָכִים. תְּחִלַּת הַדֶּרֶךְ .

("כִּי עָמַד מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל אֶל אֵם הַדֶּרֶךְ בְּרֹאשׁ שְׁנֵי הַדְּרָכִים לִקְסָם קָסֶם קִלְקַל בַּחִצִּים שָׁאַל בַּתְּרָפִים רָאָה בַּכָּבֵד"- יְחֶזְקֵאל כא כו, וְכֵן:"עַל אִם הַדֶּרֶךְ עֵץ עֲמֹד/ אִין צִיץ וְאֵין תַּפּוּחַ"- נָתָן אַלְתֶּרְמָן/ עַל אִם הַדֶּרֶךְ, וְכֵן:"עַל אִם הַדְּרָכִים, רָחוֹק מִן הַבַּיִת/ כִּמְעַט בְּקַצְוֵי מֵעֶרֶב/ הֲדַס וְיַסְמִין עַנְפֵי עֵץ הַזַּיִת/ נִדְמִים כְּחֶזְיוֹן שָׁרָב"- רָחֵל שַׁפִּירָא/ מֵעֵבֶר לִתְכֵלֶת, מֵעֵבֶר לַזֹּהַר, וְכֵן:"ורוחות רְדוּמִים יִשָּׂאוּ אַל אִם הַדֶּרֶךְ/ עִתּוֹנִים יְשָׁנִים וְעָנָן"- אֵהוּד מָנוֹר/ בַּשָּׁנָה הַבָּאָה, וְכֵן:"ערוכים הַחֲצָבִים עַל אִם הַדֶּרֶךְ"- אָבִי קוֹרֵן/ בָּאָבִיב אֶת תשובי חֲזָרָה)

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