how to say “to blush” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

 

לְהַסְמִיק

 

 
Many Human beings are masters at masking their emotions. Still, there are some involuntary responses that very few are able to control.
 
One of these is blushing, whose Hebrew word – to blush – is לְהַסְמִיק listen and repeat. 
 
This is an active-causative verb of the root ס.מ.ק (s.m.k), the Aramaic root for the word red.
 
For example:
 
כְּשֶׁהוּא הִזְכִּיר אֶת שְׁמָהּ בֵּין הַחֲבֵרִים שֶׁלָּהֵם, הִיא הִסְמִיקה.
When he mentioned her name among their friends, she blushed.

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