No. 553 in Hebrew
להפסיק
To stop or cease.
In a sentence
אני צריך להפסיק לאכול חטיפים במשך היום.
I need to stop eating snacks during the day.
Here, 'להפסיק' is used to indicate the cessation of an ongoing activity, specifically eating snacks.
המורה ביקשה להפסיק לדבר כדי לשמוע את ההסבר.
The teacher asked to stop talking to hear the explanation.
In this sentence, 'להפסיק' is employed to denote halting an action, speaking, to allow another action, listening.
החלטנו להפסיק את הפגישה בגלל בעיות טכניות.
We decided to stop the meeting due to technical issues.
'להפסיק' is utilized in the context of discontinuing an event or occurrence, in this case, a meeting.
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