יָשַׁב מַשְׁמִים

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Sat despondent

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Sat sad and wretched; or sat idle and inactive. In its original sense, it can mean bewildered or ruined.

("And I came to the exiles at Tel Aviv, who dwelt by the River Chebar, and I sat there among them seven days, despondent among them" - Ezekiel 3:15, and also: "And I sat there on the bank of the river, from heaven, my eyes in the water and my head bowed under the burden of its darkness" - H.N. Bialik / Megillat HaEsh, 6, and also: "I sat there despondent and gloomy and thought many thoughts" - Agnon / Takhriḵ shel Sippurim, 45)