To grope like a blind man, to grope like a blind man in the dark (גִּשֵּׁשׁ כְּעִוֵּר, גִּשֵּׁשׁ כְּעִוֵּר בָּאֲפֵלָה)
To grope like a blind man, to grope like a blind man in the dark (גִּשֵּׁשׁ כְּעִוֵּר, גִּשֵּׁשׁ כְּעִוֵּר בָּאֲפֵלָה)

To grope like a blind man, to grope like a blind man in the dark

To proceed cautiously without the ability to see. By analogy: to behave carefully without full orientation to the surrounding circumstances.

("We grope like the blind for a wall, and like those without eyes we grope; we stumble at noon as in twilight, among the strong as the dead" - Isaiah 59:10; also: "The hand grope[s] in the darkness, seeking a support, and finds none" - H.N. B'yalik / In the City of Slaughter; also: "I groped like a blind man for your shadow around me, and in the wanderings of the night I sought you on my bed" - H.N. B'yalik / The Scroll of Fire, 6)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

גִּשֵּׁשׁ כְּעִוֵּר, גִּשֵּׁשׁ כְּעִוֵּר בָּאֲפֵלָה

Definition (Hebrew)

הָלַךְ בִּזְהִירוּת מִבְּלִי יְכֹלֶת לִרְאוֹת. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הִתְנַהֵג בִּזְהִירוּת לְלֹא כָּל הִתְמַצְּאוּת בַּנַּעֲשֶׂה סְבִיבוֹ.

("נְגַשְׁשָׁה כַעִוְרִים קִיר וּכְאֵין עֵינַיִם נְגַשֵּׁשָׁה כָּשַׁלְנוּ בַצָּהֳרַיִם כַּנֶּשֶׁף בָּאַשְׁמַנִּים כַּמֵּתִים"- יְשַׁעְיָהוּ נט י, וְכֵן:"הַיָּד תְּגַשֵּׁשׁ בָּאֲפֵלָה,תְּבַקֵּשׁ מִשְׁעָן- וְאַיִן"- ח.נ. בְּיָאלִיק/ בְּעִיר הַהֲרֵגָה, וְכֵן:"גִּשַּׁשְׁתִּי כְּעִוֵּר אֶת צִלְּךָ סְבִיבִי וּבִנְדוּדֵי הַלַּיְלָה בִּקַּשְׁתִּיךָ עַל מִשְׁכָּבִי"- ח.נ. בְּיָאלִיק/ מְגִלַּת הָאֵשׁ, ו)

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