To blindfold
Blinding. In the question: Hypnotize. Stun. Stimulate activity (blinding means temporary blindness).
("And the men who opened the house were struck with blinders, from small to great, and they were filled to the brim with the opening" - Genesis 19:1 (the angels to the men of Sodom), and also: "Because you struck them with blinders,/ stiff and hard as the rocks in the mountains,/ that they cannot distinguish between the righteous and the wicked" - Shaul Tchernychowski/ And this is in Israel, for it will break out War, and so: "No, love did not strike me with blindness/ Love, the open-eyed fool" - Leah Goldberg/ The love of Tirzah Di Mon, and so: "Love, according to many,/ Strikes with blindness/ But there is a good eye healer:/ Married people call him" - Hanania Reichman/ Flaws and blemishes, between him and her)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִכָּה בְּסַנְוֵרִים
Definition (Hebrew)
סִנְווּר. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הִפְּנֵט.הִדְהִים. עוֹרֵר הִתְפַּעֲלוּת (סַנְוֵרִים מַשְׁמָע עִוָּרוֹן זְמַנִּי).
("וְאֶת הָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר פֶּתַח הַבַּיִת הִכּוּ בַּסַּנְוֵרִים מִקָּטֹן וְעַד גָּדוֹל וַיִּלְאוּ לִמְצֹא הַפָּתַח"- בְּרֵאשִׁית יט יָא( הַמַּלְאָכִים לְאַנְשֵׁי סְדוֹם), וְכֵן:"מַדּוּעַ הִכֵּיתָ אוֹתָם בַּסַּנְוֵרִים,/ קֵהִים וְקָשִׁים כִּטְרָשִׁים בֶּהָרִים,/ אֲשֶׁר לֹא יַבְחִינוּ צַדִּיק וְרָשָׁע"- שָׁאוּל טְשֶׁרְנִיחוֹבְסְקִי/ וְזֹאת בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי תִּפְרֹץ מִלְחָמָה, וְכֵן:"לֹא, לֹא הִכְּתָה אוֹתִי בַּסַּנְוֵרִים/ הָאַהֲבָה, שְׁפוּיָה גְּלוּיַת עֵינַיִם"- לֵאָה גּוֹלְדְּבֵּרְג/ אַהֲבָתָהּ שֶׁל תִּרְזָה דִּי מוֹן, וְכֵן:"הָאַהֲבָה, לְפִי הָרֹב,/ מַכֶּה בְּסַנְוֵרִים/ אַךְ יֵשׁ רוֹפֵא עֵינַיִם טוֹב:/ קוֹרְאִים לוֹ נִשּׂוּאִים"- חֲנַנְיָה רַיְכְמָן/ פִּתְגָּמִים וּמִכְתָּמִים, בֵּינוֹ לְבֵינָהּ)