סֶגֶר עָלָיו

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Close in on him

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Surrounded him; besieged him.

(“And Pharaoh said to the children of Israel, ‘They are trapped in the land; the wilderness has closed in on them’” - Exodus 14:3, and likewise: “The hinges of your doors are shut over the entrance / and because of your fear I cannot go out or come in” - Yekhezkel HaBavli (18th century) / Man’s struggle with his soil, and likewise: “Suddenly you dragged her by force, and suddenly she closed in on her / she trod the waves opposite her, threw [her] here and sent [her] back” - Shaul Tchernichovsky / Grandpa Sets Sail for Odessa)