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ביטוי (אנגלית)

Attentive ear

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Deep attentiveness. Listening with full concentration to what is said. Figuratively, a mindset of willingness to hear and understand another’s feelings.

("Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications" – Psalms 130:2, and similarly: "For there are no attentive ears to the words of his mouth" – A. Mapu, The Painted Vulture; "Ah, miserable ones! There is no attentive ear!" – H.N. Bialik, The Talmid; "I rejoiced that I found an attentive ear to speak of my mother today" – S.Y. Agnon, In the Prime of Her Life; "And the hand gathering shells on the shore / And an attentive ear to the great and small" – Rachel Shapira, Mah Avarekh.)