How to Say ‘Eye Contact’ in Hebrew

2 Tammuz 5774 – June 30, 2014

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So, we’ve seen that to contact someone is לִיצוֹר קֶשֶׁר

Eye contact in Hebrew, literally, eye connection, is קֶשֶׁר עַיִן

Applying both terms, we get:

יָצַרְתִּי אִתָּהּ קֶשֶׁר עַיִן.

I made eye contact with her.

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Ami Steinberger is founder and director of Ulpan La-Inyan.