קְלֵינַארֵי לַה רֵיקֵילַה

Judeo-Italian

Etymology

Literally, “to incline the ear”

Verb

קְלֵינַארֵי לַה רֵיקֵילַה (clenare la rechela)

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) to listen, to pay attention
   • 16^th century [750–450 BCE], “לוּ לִיבֵירוֹ דֵי יִרְמִיַהוּ [Lu libero de Jirmiau, The Book of Jeremiah]”, in נְבִיאִים [Neviim, Prophets]‎^[1] (manuscript), translation of נְבִיאִים (Nəvīʾīm, “Prophets”) (in Biblical Hebrew), chapter 7, verse 26, page 3, lines 2–4:

     אֵי נוּן אִינְטֵיסֵירוֹ אַה מִי אֵי נוּן קְלֵינַארוֹ לַה רֵיקֵילַה [translating הִטּוּ אֶת־אָזְנָם (hiṭṭû ʾeṯ-ʾāzənām)] לוּרַה אֵי אִינְדוּרִירוֹ לוּ צֵיפֵיצוֹ לוּרוֹ מַאלִינַארוֹ פְלוּ קֵי לִי פַאטֵירִי לוּרִי׃ (Judeo-Roman)

     ʾe nun ʾinəṭesero ʾah mi ʾe nun qəlenaʾro lah reqelah lurah ʾe ʾinəduriro lu ṣepeṣo luro maʾlinaʾro pəlu qe li paʾteri luri

     /E nun intesero a mi, e nun clenaro la rechela lura, e induriro lu cepezzo luro; malinnaro plu che li pateri luri./

     And they did not listen to me, and did not pay attention, and became stiff-necked; they became worse than their fathers.

     (literally, “And [they] did not listen to me, and [they] did not incline the ear of theirs, and [they] hardened the neck of theirs; [they] worsened more than the fathers of theirs.”)