To set a snare at one's feet/ to spread (cast)a net for/ lay a snare/ to set a trap
Figuratively, to lay a trap in someone's path; to plan to harm or trip them up.
("Deliver me from the snare they have hidden for me, for you are my strength" - Psalms 11:1)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
טָמַן רֶשֶׁת לְרַגְלָיו
Definition (Hebrew)
בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הִנִּיחַ מַלְכֹּודֶת בְּדַרְכּוֹ. תִּכְנֵן לְהַזִּיק לוֹ וּלְהַכְשִׁילוֹ בְּדַרְכּוֹ.
("תּוֹצִיאֵנִי מֵרֶשֶׁת זוּ טָמְנוּ לִי כִּי אַתָּה מָעוּזִּי"- תְּהִלִּים לֹא ה)