Became hard of hearing
Became partially deaf; suffered from impaired hearing. Figuratively: turned a deaf ear.
("Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; nor is His ear heavy, that it cannot hear" - Isaiah 59:1; and likewise: "Is the eye dim? Or are the ears heavy? / Or are you rot, are you dead men of old" - H.N. Bialik / Before the Bookcase)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
כָּבְדָה אָוזְנוֹ מִשְּׁמֹועַ
Definition (Hebrew)
הִתְחָרֵשׁ חֶלְקִית. לָקָה בִּשְׁמִיעָתוֹ. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: אָטַם אָוזְנוֹ מִלִּשְׁמֹועַ.
("הֵן לֹא קָצְרָה יַד ה' מֵהוֹשִׁיעַ וְלֹא כָבְדָה אָזְנוֹ מִשְּׁמוֹעַ"- יְשַׁעְיָהוּ נט א, וְכֵן:"הַעֵינִי כָּהֲתָה אִם אָזְנֵי כְּבֵדָה?/ אוֹ אַתֶּם רָקָב אַתֶּם, מֵתֵי עוֹלָם"- ח.נ. בְּיָאלִיק/ לִפְנֵי אֲרוֹן הַסְּפָרִים)