how to say “to raise (a topic)” in Hebrew
להעלות
If you’re reading this blog, you’ve likely heard the word aliyah (עֲלִיָּה – ah-lee-YAH) before. The word refers to immigration to Israel, but means, literally, ascending.
To cause something to ascend is to raise something. Hence the verb, לְהַעֲלוֹת (le-hah-ah-LOHT). For those of you who are biblically inclined, you may remember this word in the title of one of the first Torah portions in the book of בַּמִּדְבָּר (bah-meed-BAHR) – Numbers: בְּהַעֲלוֹתְך (be-hah-ah-LOHT-eh-khah) – as you raise…
For example, one might say, אֲנִי לֹא רוֹצֶה לְהַעֲלוֹת אֶת הַנּוֹשֵׂא הַזֶּה, אָבָל… (ah-NEE loh roh-TSEH le-hah-ah-LOHT et hah-noh-SEH hah-ZEH, ah-VAHL…) – I don’t want to raise this topic, but…