Sat opposite
Sat opposite. Figuratively: sat by and did nothing; watched what was happening and did not intervene.
("And she went and sat down opposite him at a distance, about a bowshot away, for she said, 'Let me not look on the death of the child.' And she sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice and wept" - Genesis 21:16, about Hagar and her son Ishmael after she was sent away by Abraham)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
יָשַׁב מִנֶּגֶד
Definition (Hebrew)
יָשַׁב מִמּוּל. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: יָשַׁב וְלֹא עָשָׂה דָּבָר. רָאָה אֶת הַנַּעֲשֶׂה וְלֹא הִתְעָרֵב.
("וַתֵּלֶךְ וַתֵּשֶׁב לָהּ מִנֶּגֶד הַרְחֵק כִּמְטַחֲוֵי קֶשֶׁת כִּי אָמְרָה אַל אֶרְאֶה בְּמוֹת הַיָּלֶד, וַתֵּשֶׁב מִנֶּגֶד וַתִּשָּׂא אֶת קֹלָהּ וַתֵּבְךְּ"- בְּרֵאשִׁית כא טז, עַל הַגֵּר וּבְנָהּ יִשְׁמָעֵאל לְאַחַר שֶׁגֹּרְשָׁה ע"י אַבְרָהָם)