Deceive him with deceit/ to deceive/ to spin a web of lies/ "to compass about with lies" (סוֹבֵב אוֹתוֹ בְּכַחַשׁ)

Deceive him with deceit/ to deceive/ to spin a web of lies/ "to compass about with lies"

To deceive someone and lead them astray; כחש means falsehood.

("Ephraim has surrounded me with deceit, and the house of Israel with treachery; and Judah still rules with God, and is faithful with the Holy Ones" - Hosea 12:1, and also: "Why did the wise men make their deeds so circuitous? Why did they deceive us?" - Y. Burla, Kisufim, 280, and also: "She suspects that I deceived you with deceit when I came and said that I had seen it" - Agnon, Frnheym)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

סוֹבֵב אוֹתוֹ בְּכַחַשׁ

Definition (Hebrew)

רִימָּה אוֹתוֹ. הוֹלִיךְ אוֹתוֹ שׁוֹלָל (כַּחַשׁ מַשְׁמָע שֶׁקֶר).

("סְבָבֻנִי בְכַחַשׁ אֶפְרַיִם וּבְמִרְמָה בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל וִיהוּדָה עֹד רָד עִם אֵל וְעִם קְדוֹשִׁים נֶאֱמָן"- הוֹשֵׁעַ יב א, וְכֵן:"לָמָּה עָשׂוּ הַחֲכָמִים מַעֲשֵׂיהֶם בַּעֲקֵבָהּ?לָמָּה סוֹבְבוּנוּ בְּכַחַשׁ?"-י.בּוּרְלָא/ כִּסּוּפִים, 280, וְכֵן:"חוֹשֶׁדֶת אֶת אוֹתִי שֶׁסִּבַּבְתִּי אוֹתָךְ בְּכַחַשׁ בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁבָּאתִי וְאָמַרְתִּי שֶׁאֲנִי רָאִיתִי"-עַגְנוֹן/ פרנהיים)

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