הוֹצִיא זֶרַע לְבַטָּלָה, שְׁפִיכַת זֶרַע לְבַטָּלָה

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Seed was sown for nothing, seed was shed for nothing

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Masturbate. Perform the act of masturbation.

("It is better for a man to go forth and be bold over his children, than for him to do evil for a single hour before the place. And why is all this? Because he goes forth to sow seed in vain... as if he sheds blood, as it is said (Isaiah 57)...under every green tree the slaughterers of the children in the fields...do not call them slaughterers, but rather slaughterers" - Nida 13:1, And so: "Once Jeremiah went to the bathhouse and found there wicked men from the tribe of Ephraim and saw that they were all lying down, lying down for nothing" - Compiler of the Midrash (Eisenstein) Alpha Beta Devan Sira, 43, and so: "It is a great sin to lie down for nothing," Rav rebuked her and said that about these the prophet says "Oh "The slaughterers of children in the wilderness" - Life in the Light/ Feathers, 184)