חס

Aramaic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ħɑs/

Adverb

חס • (transliteration needed)

  1. God forbid

Hebrew
Root
ח־ו־ס (ḥ-w-s)

Verb

חָס • (khas) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. (literary) to pity, to have mercy
    • 1919, Hayim Nahman Bialik, Aftermath 1:
      כאפרוח יתום תעיתי בדד מסביב לקִנִּי, אבי ואמי עזבוני ועין לא חסה עלי.
      As a chicken orphan I wandered alone around my nest, my father and mother left me and no eye had mercy on me.
    • a. 500 B.C.E.,
      Tanach, Deuteronomy 19:21, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וְלֹ֥א תָחֹ֖וס עֵינֶ֑ךָ נֶ֣פֶשׁ בְּנֶ֗פֶשׁ עַ֤יִן בְּעַ֙יִן֙ שֵׁ֣ן בְּשֵׁ֔ן יָ֥ד בְּיָ֖ד רֶ֥גֶל בְּרָֽגֶל׃
      And thine eye shall not pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
  2. (literary) to save, to spare, to go easy on

Conjugation
Conjugation of חָס (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לָחוּס
  • action noun: —
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first חַסְתִּיחַסְנוּ
second חַסְתָּחַסְתְּחַסְתֶּםחַסְתֶּן
third חָסחָסָהחָסוּ
present חָסחָסָהחָסִיםחָסוֹת
future first אָחוּסנָחוּס
second תָּחוּסתָּחוּסִיתָּחוּסוּתחוסנה / תָּחֹסְנָה1
third יָחוּסתָּחוּסיָחוּסוּתחוסנה / תָּחֹסְנָה1
imperative חוּסחוּסִיחוּסוּחוסנה / חֹסְנָה1
notes
  1. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

References
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