how to say “to refuse” in Hebrew

 

לְסָרֵב

 

 
The Hebrew word for to refuse is לְסָרֵב  listen and repeat, an active-intensive verb.
 
For example:
 
אָנוּ שׁוֹמְרִים לְעַצְמֵנוּ אֶת הַזְּכוּת לְסָרֵב שֵׁרוּת לְכָל אָדָם.
We reserve (to ourselves) the right to refuse service to anyone.
 
Likewise, refusal is סֵרוּב  listen and repeat, as in the hot issue at the time of the Disengagement from Gaza, סֵרוּב פְּקֻדָּה  listen and repeat refusal of orders.

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