הֶעֱלִים אֹוזֶן, הֶעֱלִים אָוזְנוֹ

ביטוי (אנגלית)

To close (stop) one's ears, to turn a deaf ear

הגדרה (אנגלית)

He disappeared. He didn't listen. He didn't want to listen when we turned to him. He turned away.

("You have heard my voice, do not turn your ear away from my voice, do not turn your ear away from my voice" - Lamentations 3:11, and so on: "From the beginning of your strength, from the beginning of your strength/ You will turn your ear away and be as if you did not hear" - H.N. Bialik/ The Everlasting, and so on: "O Lord, hear your poor/ Those who hope in your face/ Our father, your children, do not turn your ear away" - The Prayer of Forgiveness)