To mistakenly think
To think incorrectly; to be mistaken in one's thinking.
("If the Torah had said, 'God created the heavens at the beginning,' we would have mistakenly thought that there was a created thing at the beginning, as though you would say: that same matter which thought..." - Abarbanel, Genesis, chapter 1; and also: "There are those who throw off the yoke out of love of freedom, and there are those who throw off the yoke because they mistakenly think that the Name דורש from them nothing but a good heart and acts of kindness" - Agnon, Tehila, 202)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
טָעָה לַחֲשֹׁוב
Definition (Hebrew)
חָשַׁב בְּטָעוּת. טָעָה בְּצוּרַת חֲשִׁיבָתוֹ.
("שֶׁאִם אָמְרָה תּוֹרָה 'אֱלֹהִים בָּרָא בְּרֵאשִׁית אֶת הַשָּׁמַיִם' הָיִינוּ טוֹעִים לַחֲשֹׁב שֶׁבְּרֵאשִׁית הָיָה דָּבָר נִבְרָא כְּאִלּוּ תֹּאמַר הַחֹמֶר הַהוּא שֶׁחָשַׁב"- אַבַּרְבַּנְאֵל בְּרֵאשִׁית פֶּרֶק א, וְכֵן:"יֵשׁ שֶׁפָּרַק עֹל מֵחֲמַת חִבַּת הַחֵרוּת, וְיֵשׁ שֶׁפָּרַק עֹל מִפְּנֵי שֶׁטּוֹעֶה לַחֲשֹׁב שֶׁאֵין הַשֵּׁם דּוֹרֵשׁ מִמֶּנּוּ אֶלָּא לֵב טוֹב וַעֲשִׂיַּת חֶסֶד"-עַגְנוֹן/ תְּמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם, 202)