Glossary entry

Hebrew term or phrase:

צף במישהו

English translation:

The pain the overwhelmed someone

Added to glossary by SeiTT
Mar 15, 2010 14:14
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Hebrew term

צף במישהו

Hebrew to English Art/Literary Media / Multimedia Online newspaper article
Greetings,

It's in the first line of the following. I couldn't find a corresponding dictionary entry. I hope I've analyzed it correctly.

לפני כחודשיים, בשלב הטיעונים לעונש, סיפרה י' כי היא מסרה את בתה לאימוץ בשל הכאב שצף בה, לדבריה, בעקבות הרצח. י', שהיתה נשואה לפרחאן, פנתה לאמה של הנרצחת, ויקי בנט, ואמרה כי במהלך הריונה התחילה להבין את משמעות אובדן חייה של בנט. "גם לי היתה בת ומהקושי הזה והכאב הזה לא יכולתי לראות את הבת שלי, לא יכולתי לגדל אותה", אמרה. "אלוהים לקח אותה, הגעתי למצב כזה שמסרתי אותה, לא הגיע לי לזכות בילדה הזו שאלוהים נתן לי. אני מאוד מאוד מצטערת. כל החיים שלי אני אצטער. אני מקווה שתקבלי את הצער והסליחה שלי".

All the best, and many thanks,

Simon

Discussion

SeiTT (asker) Mar 17, 2010:
How interesting! The force of the word seems to emphasise that the feelings well up from inside one; most Eng. synonyms (misleadingly) give the sense that this happens from the outside.
SeiTT (asker) Mar 15, 2010:
How to find the verb in the dictionary? Many thanks, most helpful. Please could you tell me how to find the verb in the dictionary? Will it be under the root צפף or צף or צוף? Or perhaps something else?

Proposed translations

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The pain the overwhelmed someone

Quite possible.

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THAT overwhelmed-----> Typo!

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א צָף (פ"ע),ראו צוף.

Peer comment(s):

agree Shai Navé : I agree with overwhelmed - best decbribes the feeling in my opinion
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overwhelming

the closest thing I think of
overwhelming pain
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Emerging

Another possiblilty:
...she related that she gave her daughter up for adoption due to the pain that emerged from X's murder.
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I was overcome with

צף - like come up, come to the surface, float.
Search for צף
HTH

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For ex:
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Hebrew term (edited): הכאב שצף בה

the pain that engulfed her, or engulfed by pain

This is synonomous with overwhelm but keeps the watery sense of the word float, so I prefer it. There is more than one right way to do it.
Example sentence:

He was engulfed by a feeling of emptiness.

It was only when she descended the carriage that a wave of helplessness engulfed her.

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