I will confess and not be ashamed
I admit and am not ashamed. An introductory phrase to a personal confession.
(“Moses admitted and was not ashamed to say, ‘I have not heard,’ but said, ‘I heard and forgot.’” – Zevachim 101a. Also: “I will confess and not be ashamed. More than I rejoiced for the brother yet to come, I rejoiced for the trumpet that shall come with him.” – Bialik, The Trumpet Was Ashamed, III:140)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
אוֹדֶה וְלֹא אֵבוֹשׁ
Definition (Hebrew)
אֲנִי מוֹדֶה וְלֹא מִתְבַּיֵּשׁ. מִלּוֹת הַקְדָּמָה לְוִדּוּי אִישִׁי.
("הוֹדָה וְלֹא בּוֹשׁ מֹשֶׁה לוֹמַר לֹא שָׁמַעְתִּי, אֶלָּא אָמַר שָׁמַעְתִּי וְשָׁכַחְתִּי" – זְבָחִים קָא ע"א, וְכֵן: "אוֹדֶה וְלֹא אֵבוֹשׁ. יוֹתֵר מִשֶּׁשָּׂמַחְתִּי עַל אָחִי הֶעָתִיד לָבוֹא, שָׂמַחְתִּי עַל הַחֲצוֹצְרָה שֶׁתָּבוֹא עִמּוֹ" – בְּיָאלִיק, הַחֲצוֹצְרָה נִתְבַּיְּשָׁה, ג קמ)