בּוֹשֵׁשׁ לָבוֹא, אֶחֱרוּ פְּעָמָיו לָבוֹא, בּוֹשֵׁשׁ מִלְּהַגִּיעַ

ביטוי (אנגלית)

delayed in coming, his steps were late in coming, delayed in arriving

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Was late. Delayed and has not yet arrived.

("Through the window peered and wailed the mother of Sisera, through the lattice: Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why are the hoofbeats of his chariots delayed?" - Judges 5:28 (Song of Deborah), and also: "A triple swing, I am ready -/ And why are the steps of my bridegroom delayed?" - H.N. Bialik / Between the Euphrates and the Tigris, and also: "And why, you laggards, are your steps so delayed?/ The servant Israel, are you sons of Meroz?" - H.N. Bialik / Blessing of the People, and also: "He sat and waited, and when he saw that the rabbi was delayed in coming, he grew tired of sitting in the house, got up and went out to the garden" - Mordechai ben Yehezkel / The Storybook Part Four, The Young Man, 278, and also: "Years ago, at the end of the Song of Deborah/ I heard the silence of Sisera's chariot which was delayed in coming/ looking at Sisera's mother peering through the window/ a woman with silver in her hair" - Haim Gouri / His Mother)