Lowered his eyes
He lowered his eyes downward. He looked with a gaze turned to the earth. He diminished his gaze. By implication: he was ashamed. He was embarrassed.
("And Abraham lifted up his eyes - to the stars that until now he had humbled his eyes, for he was afraid to look upon God because of his great humility" - The bitter pain at the beginning of chapter 4, and so: "My son, why are you humbled in your eyes? And why do you hide yourself from your soul?" - Y.L. Peretz/ Devotion of Soul, Kanu, and so: "Ezra was afraid He rested, he lowered his eyes to the earth and returned to it from its source and from its source, this is the restoration of my land. And he was silent" - Life of his grandmother/ Like the dawn, 42)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִשְׁפִּיל עֵינָיו
Definition (Hebrew)
הוֹרִיד אֶת עֵינָיו כְּלַפֵּי מַטָּה. הִסְתַּכֵּל בְּמַבָּט הַמֻּפְנֶה אַרְצָה. הִנְמִיךְ אֶת מַבָּטוֹ. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הִתְבַּיֵּשׁ. הָיָה נָבוֹךְ.
("וַיִּשָּׂא אַבְרָהָם אֶת עֵינָיו- לְהוֹרוֹת שֶׁעַד כָּאן הִשְׁפִּיל עֵינָיו כִּי יָרֵא מֵהַבִּיט אֶל הָאֱלֹהִים מֵרֹב עַנְוְתָנוּתוֹ"- צְרוֹר הַמֹּר בְּרֵאשִׁית פֶּרֶק ד, וְכֵן:"בְּנִי, מִפְּנֵי מָה אַתָּה מַשְׁפִּיל לִפְנֵי אֶת עֵינֶיךָ? וְכִי מַסְתִּיר אַתָּה מִפְּנֵי אֶת נִשְׁמָתְךָ?"- י.ל.פֶּרֶץ/ מְסִירוּת נֶפֶשׁ, קָנוּ, וְכֵן:"נִבְהַל עֶזְרָא רֶגַע,הִשְׁפִּיל עֵינָיו לָאָרֶץ וְהֵשִׁיב לוֹ מִנֵּיהּ וּבֵהּ, זֶה תִּקּוּן כָּרֵת שֶׁלִּי.וְשָׁתַק"- חַיִּים סָבָתוֹ/ כְּעַפְעַפֵּי שַׁחַר, 42)