To close (stop) one's ears, to turn a deaf ear
He disappeared. He didn't listen. He didn't want to listen when we turned to him. He turned away.
("You have heard my voice, do not turn your ear away from my voice, do not turn your ear away from my voice" - Lamentations 3:11, and so on: "From the beginning of your strength, from the beginning of your strength/ You will turn your ear away and be as if you did not hear" - H.N. Bialik/ The Everlasting, and so on: "O Lord, hear your poor/ Those who hope in your face/ Our father, your children, do not turn your ear away" - The Prayer of Forgiveness)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הֶעֱלִים אֹוזֶן, הֶעֱלִים אָוזְנוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
הִתְעַלֵּם. לֹא הִקְשִׁיב .לֹא רָצָה לְהַאֲזִין כְּשֶׁפָּנוּ אֵלָיו. הִתְנַכֵּר.
("קוֹלִי שָׁמָעְתָּ אַל תַּעְלֵם אָזְנְךָ לְרַוְחָתִי לְשַׁוְעָתִי"- אֵיכָה ג נוּ, וְכֵן:"מֵחָמָס רֵאשִׁית אֻנָּה, מִשֹּׁד רֹאשׁ כּוֹחֲךָ/ תַּעֲלִים אָזְנֵךְ וּתְהִי כְּלֹא שׁוֹמֵעַ"- ח.נ. בְּיָאלִיק/ הַמַּתְמִיד, וְכֵן:" יָהּ, שְׁמַע אֶבְיוֹנְךָ/ הַמְּיַחֲלִים פָּנֶיךָ/ אָבִינוּ, לְבָנֶיךָ, אַל תֵּעָלֵם אָזְנֵךְ"- תְּפִלַּת הַסְּלִיחוֹת)