To shut one's ears / To turn a deaf ear

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To shut one's ears / To turn a deaf ear

To shut one's ears / To turn a deaf ear

Figuratively: Refused to listen; unwilling to hear what is being said.

("He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly... shuts his ears from hearing of blood and closes his eyes from seeing evil." — Isaiah 33:15; also: “My ears are shut to His calls and my eyes closed to His holy hints.” — H.N. Bialik; and: “He has shut his ears — not to hear, not to perceive the sound at all.” — Yitzhak Weingarten, Bedouin Love Song)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אָטַם אֶת אָזְנוֹ, אָטַם אָזְנוֹ מִלִּשְׁמֹעַ

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: סֵרֵב לְהַקְשִׁיב. לֹא הָיָה מוּכָן לִשְׁמֹעַ מָה שֶׁמְּדַבְּרִים אֵלָיו.

("הֹלֵךְ צְדָקוֹת וְדֹבֵר מֵישָׁרִים מֹאֵס בְּבֶצַע מַעֲשַׁקּוֹת נֹעֵר כַּפָּיו מִתְּמֹךְ בַּשֹּׁחַד אֹטֵם אָזְנוֹ מִשְּׁמֹעַ דָּמִים וְעֹצֵם עֵינָיו מֵרְאוֹת בְּרָע"- יְשַׁעְיָהוּ לג טוּ, וְכֵן:"אָזְנֵי אֲטוּמוֹת לִקְרִיאוֹתָיו וְעֵינֵי עֲצוּמוֹת לְרִמְזֵי קֻדְּשׁוּ"- ח.נ. בְּיָאלִיק/ אֶחָד אֶחָד וּבְאֵין רוֹאֶה, וְכֵן:"אָזְנָיו אָטַם הוּא, לֹא לִשְׁמֹעַ/ לֹא לִרְאוֹת כְּלָל אֶת הַצְּלִיל"- יִצְחָק וַיְנְגֶּרְטֶן/ שִׁיר אַהֲבָה בֵּדוּאִי)

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