Answer the question, answer the question
He turned to face him. She turned to face him.
("And he said to him, Go now, see how your brother is doing, and how the flock is doing, and bring me word again" - initially for this one (Jacob to Joseph), and then: "Your hair has passed, and the straw has not been broken/ And how can you bring back your message?" - Yehuda ibn Giyot (11th century)/ Yonah Puteh)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הֵשִׁיבוּ דָּבָר , הֵשִׁיב דָּבָר
Definition (Hebrew)
הִתְיַיחֵס לִפְנִיָּיתוֹ. פָּנָה אֵלָיו בִּתְשׁוּבָה לִפְנִיָּיתוֹ.
("וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ לֶךְ נָא רְאֵה אֶת שְׁלוֹם אַחֶיךָ וְאֶת שְׁלוֹם הַצֹּאן וַהֲשִׁבֵנִי דָּבָר"- בְּרֵאשִׁית לז יָד (יַעֲקֹב לְיוֹסֵף), וְכֵן:"חֶלְדֵּךְ עָבַר וְהַפַּח לֹא נִשְׁבַּר/ וּמָה תָּשִׁיבִי אֶת שׁוֹלְחֵךְ דָּבָר"- יְהוּדָה אִבְּן גִּיאָת (הַמֵּאָה הי"א)/ יוֹנָה פּוֹתֶה)