To plot against him/ to undermine

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To plot against him/ to undermine

Figuratively: to devise a plot against him. To act secretly against him.

(See Ruth Rabbah (Lerner), Parasha 5 above, and also: "Or to dig a little under the door so that it falls, and therefore, if she dug from under the door and went out from the place of the digging, he is exempt" - Arukh HaShulchan, Choshen Mishpat, Laws of Property Damages, section 327)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

חָתַר תַּחְתָּיו

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: רָקַם מְזִימָּה כְּנֶגְדּוֹ. פָּעַל בַּחֲשָׁאִיּוּת כְּנֶגְדּוֹ.

(רְאֵה רוּת רַבָּה (לֶרְנֶר) פָּרָשָׁה ה לְעֵיל, וְכֵן:"אוֹ לַחְתֹּר מְעַט תַּחַת הַדֶּלֶת וְשֶׁתִּפֹּל וְלָכֵן אִם חָתְרָה מִתַּחַת הַדֶּלֶת וְיָצְאָה מִמְּקוֹם הַחֲתִירָה פָּטוּר"- עָרוּךְ הַשֻּׁלְחָן חֹשֶׁן מִשְׁפָּט הִלְכוֹת נִזְקֵי מָמוֹן סִימָן שֶׁצַּו)

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