how to say “blame” in Hebrew
אַשְׁמָה, לְהַאֲשִׁים
Note the similarity between the English word shame and the Hebrew word אָשֵׁם (ah-SHEM). The Hebrew word describes a male as guilty. A guilty female would be אֲשֵׁמָה (ah-sheh-MAH).
Guilt, that nasty feeling that might nevertheless provoke us to do good, is אַשְׁמָה. One might say, יֵשׁ לִי רִגְשֵׁי אַשְׁמָה (yesh lee reeg-SHEH-ee ahsh-MAH) – I have guilt feelings (literally, feelings of guilt).
Then there’s to blame someone… or, in Hebrew, to cause them to feel guilty. The word is לְהַאֲשִׁים (leh-hah-ah-SHEEM). It’s in the “causative” הפעיל (heef-EEL) form.
For example, …נְשִׂיא סוּרְיָה אַסַד מַאֲשִׁים (neh-SEE SOOR-yah AH-sahd mah-ah-SHEEM) – The president of Syria, Assad, blames…
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