הַכָּרַת פָּנָיו עָנְתָה בּוֹ

ביטוי (אנגלית)

His very looks condemn him/ one may read from his face that…

הגדרה (אנגלית)

The expression on his face testified to that. His face concealed his true feelings.

("Their cutting off of their faces has been a punishment for them, and their sin has been like their sin. They have said, "They have not found fault with themselves, because they have done evil to them" - Isaiah 39 (about the people of Jerusalem and Judah), and so: "Behold, the cutting off of your face has been a punishment for you, because there are seven abominations in your heart" - Abraham Mapu/ Ayit Tsebua, 15, and so: "Until God, and the cutting off of her face will also be punished for it/ How many nights have passed before that day, like the nights of a year" - H.N. Bialik/ Widows, and so on: "And the house was filled with people from mouth to mouth, whose faces were covered with tears, and they were great in the world" - Shai Agnon/ Sifurei HaBe'sat, the Arizal thanks the Be'sat)