דִּבֵּר עַל לִבּוֹ

ביטוי (אנגלית)

To persuade/ speak kindly to

הגדרה (אנגלית)

to persuade. Tried to convince him. Addressed his emotion.

("And his soul clung to Dinah daughter of Jacob, and he loved the maiden and spoke to the heart of the maiden" - Genesis 34 (about the love of Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite for Dinah daughter of Jacob), and also: "Ga'al sent secret men to speak to their hearts to return to him the documents which Naaman said to bring out his righteousness to light before the judges at the gate" - Avraham Ma'afu / Ayit Tzavu'a, 11, and also: "The Ba'ash't went ... and asked Baal Ha'aksanya to speak to her heart and if he would give her some gold and silver, only let her give him this youth to raise on his knees" - Shai Agnon / Stories of the Ba'ash't / The Zivug)