how to say “heart to heart” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

The Hebrew word for heart is לב
, as in:

אין לי לב להגיד להם לא.

I don’t have the heart to tell them no.

Heart to heart is a literal translation of the English: לב אל לב
.

For example:

דיברנו לב אל לב אל תוך הלילה.

We spoke heart to heart into the night.

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