hu hifsík, kanir’é biglál hará’ash. ― He stopped, apparently because of the .
hafsaká
הפסקה (fem.) (hafsaká)
- 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."
