כָּבְדָה הַמִּלְחָמָה

ביטוי (אנגלית)

The war grew severe/ the war reached a critical stage

הגדרה (אנגלית)

The war reached a very difficult stage. The fighting was hard.

("The battle grew severe against Saul, and the archers found him; and he was greatly distressed by the archers" - 1 Samuel 31:3, and also: "Do you say, 'To turn from root and to shred? I am here!' / But know this: the froth has settled, and listen now, O wave / for the war grows harder from you: in me too there is some strength" - H.N. Bialik, The Rock and the Wave, and also: "For every span and span in the structure of the trunk testifies / to the heavy struggle with wind and water and furrow" - Shaul Tchernichovsky, The Sixth Gate, Our Bees)