צף במישהו
English translation: The pain the overwhelmed someone
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|  Selected response from: Gad Kohenov Israel Local time: 18:08 | ||||||
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overwhelming Explanation: the closest thing I think of overwhelming pain |
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Emerging Explanation: 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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peer agreement (net): +1The pain the overwhelmed someone Explanation: Quite possible. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 29 mins (2010-03-15 14:44:33 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- THAT overwhelmed-----> Typo! -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 35 mins (2010-03-15 14:49:47 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- א צָף (פ"ע),ראו צוף. |
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I was overcome with Explanation: צף - like come up, come to the surface, float. Search for צף HTH -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2010-03-15 15:24:05 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- For ex: http://morfix.mako.co.il/default.aspx?q=%u05E6%u05E3 |
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1 day 13 hrs confidence:
| הכאב שצף בה the pain that engulfed her, or engulfed by pain Explanation: 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(s):
Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/engulf Reference: http://www.google.com/search?q=pain+that+engulfed+her&rls=co... |
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