הֶעֱלִים עַיִן (הַעֲלָמַת עַיִן)

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Shutting one's eyes/ disregard/ turning a blind eye on

הגדרה (אנגלית)

He acted as if he didn't see.

("Ox from whom shall I take, and ass from whom shall I take? And from whom shall I make whom I will, and from whom shall I take a ransom? And I will lift up my eyes upon it, and will repay you" - 1 Samuel 12:3 (Samuel to the people of Israel), and so: "And when you spread out your hands, I will lift up my eyes upon you also, because you make many prayers, I will not hear, whose hands are full of blood" - Isaiah 12:1, And so: "How long will you lift up/ your eyes - and see/ strangers eating/ your crops?/ The year will consume it and its curses" - Abraham the Cantor Girondi (13th century)/ younger sister, and so: "And later she also had a son, but her eyes were dim,/ preventing her from seeing everything, as if she were looking in a mirror" - Shaul Tchernikhovsky/ to the heart, and so: "The I will stop my ears from you, I will close my eyes:/ My heart is at peace with you, "- Rachel/ My new home)