To face that..., to face as if... (to face)
He made his own time as if …, he behaved in a different way from what he had done, as if he were…, he created a different appearance so as to deceive (in the source: he turns his face to the side)
("And he stood with his face to the ground, and wept, and the man of God wept" - 2 Kings 8:1, Elisha and Hazael)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הֶעֱמִיד פָּנִים ש...,הֶעֱמִיד פָּנִים כְּאִילּוּ...(הַעֲמָדַת פָּנִים)
Definition (Hebrew)
עָשָׂה אֶת עֵת עַצְמוֹ כְּאִלּוּ …, הִתְנַהֵג בְּצוּרָה שׁוֹנָה מִמָּה שֶׁחָשׁ כִּבְיָכוֹל הוּא..., יָצַר מַצָּג שׁוֹנֶה כְּדֵי לְהַטְעוֹת (בַּמָּקוֹר: סוֹבֵב אֶת פָּנָיו לַצַּד)
("וַיַּעֲמֵד אֶת פָּנָיו וַיָּשֶׂם עַד בֹּשׁ וַיֵּבְךְּ אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים"- מְלָכִים ב ח יָא, אֱלִישָׁע וַחֲזָאֵל)