how to say “to ignore” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/להתעלם-#.m4a” /]לְהִתְעַלֵּם

The Hebrew word for world is עולם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/להתעלם-#.m4a” /], though the Biblical meaning is eternity. The root of עולם is ע.ל.מ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/להתעלם-#.m4a” /] meaning concealment.

So when ע.ל.מ gets plugged into the reflexive התפעל verb form, we get to ignore (to pretend that something is not there) – להתעלם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/להתעלם-#.m4a” /].

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/להתעלם-#.m4a” /]אי אפשר להתעלם מהעובדות.

(You) can’t ignore the facts.

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