how to say “attentive” in Hebrew
As I’ve continued reading the chapter on attachment in Daniel J. Siegel’s book, The Developing Mind, I’ve seen that infants learn their place the world by how much sensitivity their parents/caregivers show them.
When a parent/caregiver is sensitive to or attentive of the emotional cues the baby gives, the baby and adult enjoy a relationship of closeness and security. The baby internalizes this relationship and learns to relate to others, throughout life, from a place of security.
Today’s Hebrew word is attentive – קָשּׁוּב (kah-SHOOV), or קַשּׁוּבָה (kah-shoo-VAH) in the feminine. It’s related to a word you’ve certainly come across if you’ve taken a course with Ulpan La-Inyan, לְהַקְשִׁיב – to listen (leh-hahk-SHEEV).
For example, אָדָם צָרִיךְ לִהְיוֹת קַשּׁוּב לְלִבּוֹ, וְגָם לְלֵב הַזּוּלַת – a person needs to be attentive to his own heart, as well as to the heart of the other (ah-DAHM tsah-REEKH lee-heh-YOHT kah-SHOOV leh-lee-BOH, veh-GAHM leh-LEV hah-zoo-LAHT).
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