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טִרְטוּרtirtur meaning in Hebrew

being deliberately run around in pointless circles · noun (masculine); verb לְטַרְטֵר, letarter
Illustration for the Hebrew word tirtur

Third visit to the same office, and the clerk asks for the form the first clerk kept. Hebrew has a verb for what is being done to you.

שלושה חודשים טרטרו אותי בין ביטוח לאומי לעירייה, וכל פעם חסר לי מסמך אחר.

“For three months they ran me back and forth between National Insurance and the municipality, and every time a different document was missing.”

Do you have your own tirtur story — who or what comes to mind?

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