Silence the Mention/ mention not/ mum's the word/ not to be named
Let's not mention the matter. It is forbidden to raise the subject.
("And his uncle and his attendant took him to bring out the wood from the house, and said to him who was on the threshold of the house, "Who is still with you?" and he said, "No," and he said, "No, for we must not make mention of the name of the Lord." - Amos 6:10, and so on: "Is it for this reason that we have set up a barrier before us, no, for we must not make mention of the name of the Lord, but rather to recount in their praise the praises of the Holy One" - The Introduction to the Book of Proverbs by Rabbi Nachman From Breslau, and so on: "And whoever harms his honor, as if he were diminishing the blood, cease to remember him!" - Abraham Mapu / Ait Tsavoa, 47, and so on: "A sacrifice? For whom?...For another punishment, / cease to remember his name. Put your hand over his mouth! - I will be silent" - Shaul Tchernikhovsky / The Gate of the Sacrifice)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הַס מִלְּהַזְכִּיר
Definition (Hebrew)
נָא לֹא לְהַזְכִּיר אֶת הָעִנְיָן. אִסּוּר הַעֲלָאַת הַנּוֹשֵׂא.
("וּנְשָׂאוֹ דּוֹדוֹ וּמְסָרְפוֹ לְהוֹצִיא עֲצָמִים מִן הַבַּיִת וְאָמַר לַאֲשֶׁר בְּיַרְכְּתֵי הַבַּיִת הַעוֹד עִמָּךְ וְאָמַר אָפֶס וְאָמַר הָס כִּי לֹא לְהַזְכִּיר בְּשֵׁם ה'"- עָמוֹס ו י, וְכֵן:"אִי לָזֹאת עָלֵינוּ לְשׁוּם לְפִינוּ מַחְסוֹם, הָס כִּי לֹא לְהַזְכִּיר, לִבְלִי לְסַפֵּר בְּעֹצֶם שִׁבְחוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ"- הַקְדָּמָה לְסֵפֶר הַמִּדּוֹת לֵר' נַחְמָן מִבְּרֶסְלָב, וְכֵן:"וְכָל הַפּוֹגֵם בִּכְבוֹדוֹ כְּאִלּוּ מְמַעֵט אֶת הַדְּמוּת, הַס מִלְּהַזְכִּיר!"- אַבְרָהָם מַאפּוּ/ עַיִט צָבוּעַ, 47, וְכֵן:"קָרְבָּן? לְמִי?...לְסִטְרָא אַחְרָא,/ הַס מִלְּהַזְכִּיר אֶת שְׁמוֹ. שִׂים יָד לַפֶּה!- נִשְׁתַּתַּקְתִּי"- שָׁאוּל טְשֶׁרְנִיחוֹבְסְקִי/ שַׁעַר חֲמִישִׁי הַקָּרְבָּן)