hifsík

hu hifsík, kanir’é biglál hará’ash. ― He stopped, apparently because of the .

hafsaká

הפסקה‎ (fem.) (hafsaká)

1. A break, an intermission, an interval.

▾ Derived words & phrases

• הפסקת אש (hafsakát-ésh)
• הפסקת חשמל (hafsakát-khashmál)

• Hebrew has two words corresponding to English stop: עצר and הִפְסִיק‎ (hifsík). The former pertains to motion; more explicitly, it means "(intransitive) To halt, to stop moving" or "(transitive) To halt, to stop the motion of". The latter pertains to other actions or events; more explicitly, it means "(transitive) To cease, to desist, to terminate."