He urged him / He hastened him

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He urged him / He hastened him

He urged him / He hastened him

To hasten or urge him (in the source: הֵאִיץ implies pressure, urgency, or stress)

("And as the dawn rose, the angels hastened Lot, saying, 'Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city'" - Genesis 19:15, and similarly: "While it was still night and dark, they did not urge him to go out because he would not be willing to travel on the road, but when the dawn rose, then they hastened him saying, 'Arise'" - Abarbanel on Genesis chapter 19; and also: "The cantor rises to the ark... and the worshippers both hasten him and delay him, prolonging where it is fitting to shorten, and shortening where it is fitting to prolong" - Chaim Sabato / Like the Eyelids of Dawn, 13)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

הֵאִיץ בּוֹ

Definition (Hebrew)

זֵרֵז אוֹתוֹ (בַּמָּקוֹר: הֵאִיץ מַשְׁמָע דַּחַק, לַחַץ)

("וּכְמוֹ הַשַּׁחַר עָלָה וַיָּאִיצוּ הַמַּלְאָכִים בְּלוֹט לֵאמֹר, קוּם קַח אֶת אִשְׁתְּךָ וְאֶת שְׁתֵּי בְנֹתֶיךָ הַנִּמְצָאֹת פֶּן תִּסָּפֶה בַּעֲוֹן הָעִיר"- בְּרֵאשִׁית יט טוּ, וְכֵן:"בִּהְיוֹתוֹ בְּאִישׁוֹן לַיְלָה וַאֲפֵלָה לֹא הֵאִיצוּ בּוֹ לָצֵאת כִּי לֹא יִרְאֶה לָלֶכֶת בַּדֶּרֶךְ אֲבָל בִּכְמוֹ הַשַּׁחַר עָלָה אָז הֵאִיצוּ בּוֹ לֵאמֹר קוּם"- אַבַּרְבַּנְאֵל בְּרֵאשִׁית פֶּרֶק יט, וְכֵן:"עוֹלֶה הַחַזָּן שֶׁלָּהֶם לַתֵּבָה...וְהַמִּתְפַּלְּלִים מְאִיצִים בּוֹ וּמֵאִטִּים בּוֹ, מַאֲרִיךְ בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁרָאוּי לְקַצֵּר, וּמְקַצֵּר בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁרָאוּי לְהַאֲרִיךְ"- חַיִּים סָבָתוֹ/ כְּעַפְעַפֵּי שַׁחַר, 13)

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