חַד חִידָה

ביטוי (אנגלית)

To propound riddles/ to riddle

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Tell a riddle.

("And Samson said unto them, Let us put forth a riddle unto you. If ye can tell me the riddle within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, I will give you thirty sheets and thirty changes of raiment" - Judges 12 (Samson to the Philistine warriors), and so: "A riddle unto thee/ Did the pitcher run to the well?/ And when he knew, tell me/ Did the pitcher weep in the silence of the valley" - H.N. Bialik/ I Have a Garden, and That: "All the riddles that the days have told/ Such games as these will awaken anew/ The innocent will tell their dreams/ And the wise will hide their solutions" - Leah Goldberg/ On the Edge of Light)