Shutting one's eyes/ disregard/ turning a blind eye on

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Shutting one's eyes/ disregard/ turning a blind eye on

Shutting one's eyes/ disregard/ turning a blind eye on

He acted as if he didn't see.

("Ox from whom shall I take, and ass from whom shall I take? And from whom shall I make whom I will, and from whom shall I take a ransom? And I will lift up my eyes upon it, and will repay you" - 1 Samuel 12:3 (Samuel to the people of Israel), and so: "And when you spread out your hands, I will lift up my eyes upon you also, because you make many prayers, I will not hear, whose hands are full of blood" - Isaiah 12:1, And so: "How long will you lift up/ your eyes - and see/ strangers eating/ your crops?/ The year will consume it and its curses" - Abraham the Cantor Girondi (13th century)/ younger sister, and so: "And later she also had a son, but her eyes were dim,/ preventing her from seeing everything, as if she were looking in a mirror" - Shaul Tchernikhovsky/ to the heart, and so: "The I will stop my ears from you, I will close my eyes:/ My heart is at peace with you, "- Rachel/ My new home)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

הֶעֱלִים עַיִן (הַעֲלָמַת עַיִן)

Definition (Hebrew)

עָשָׂה עַצְמוֹ כְּאִלּוּ לֹא רָאָה.

("שׁוֹר מִי לָקַחְתִּי וַחֲמוֹר מִי לָקַחְתִּי וְאֶת מִי עָשַׁקְתִּי אֶת מִי רַצּוֹתִי וּמִיַּד מִי לָקַחְתִּי כֹפֶר וְאַעְלִים עֵינַי בּוֹ וְאָשִׁיב לָכֶם"- שְׁמוּאֵל א יב ג (שְׁמוּאֵל לְעַם יִשְׂרָאֵל), וְכֵן:"וּבְפָרִשְׂכֶם כַּפֵּיכֶם אַעְלִים עֵינַי מִכֶּם גַּם כִּי תַרְבּוּ תְפִלָּה אֵינֶנִּי שֹׁמֵעַ יְדֵיכֶם דָּמִים מָלֵאוּ"- יְשַׁעְיָהוּ א טוּ, וְכֵן:"עַד מָה תַּעֲלִים/ עֵינֶיךָ- וְתִרְאֶה/ זָרִים אוֹכְלִים/ נַחֲלוֹתֶיהָ?/ תִּכְלֶה שָׁנָה וְקִלְלוֹתֶיהָ" - אַבְרָהָם הַחַזָּן גִּירוֹנְדִּי (הַמֵּאָה הי"ג)/ אָחוֹת קְטַנָּה, וְכֵן:"וְאַחַר הָיָה גַּם בְּנָהּ, אֲבָל הֶעֱלִימָה עֵינֶיהָ,/ מְמָאֲנָהּ לִרְאוֹת הַכֹּל, כְּיִרְאָה מִפְּנֵי הַמַּרְאֶה"- שָׁאוּל טְשֶׁרְנִיחוֹבְסְקִי/ לְבִיבוֹת , וְכֵן:"אֶת אָזְנִי מִכֶּם אֶאֱטֹם, אֶת עֵינַי אַעֲלִים:/ לִבִּי מְפֻיָּס לְמַפְרֵעַ "- רָחֵל/ חַדְרִי הֶחָדָשׁ)

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