how to say “to blink” in Hebrew
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לְמַצְמֵץ
The ancient Hebrew word for to peek is לְהָצִיץ
, as in:
הִנֵּה זֶה עוֹמֵד, אַחַר כָּתְלֵנוּ מַשְׁגִּיחַ מִן הַחַלֹּנוֹת, מֵצִיץ מִן הַחֲרַכִּים
(שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים ב:ט)
Here he stands beyond our wall, watching from the windows, peeking through the cracks (Song of Songs 2:9)
When we blink, we peek for a very short period of time. To create the word for to blink, Modern Hebrew takes the participle form of להציץ, as appearing in the passage above (מֵצִיץ) and adds a מ (m) in the middle, creating the active-intensive פִּעֵל verb לְמַצְמֵץ.
.An example:
צַּלֵּם אֹתִי שׁוּב, מִצְמַצְתִּי.
(to a male) Take my picture again, I blinked.
A synonym of לְמַצְמֵץ is לִקְרוֹץ, which we’ll discuss tomorrow.
, which we’ll discuss tomorrow.
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