כָּבְדָה אָוזְנוֹ מִשְּׁמֹועַ

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Became hard of hearing

הגדרה (אנגלית)

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)