חשב

See also: ח־ש־ב

Aramaic

Verb

חשב • (transliteration needed)

  1. to think

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ח־שׁ־ב (ḥ-š-b)

From the root ח־ש־ב (ḥ-sh-b). Compare Arabic حَسَبَ (ḥasaba, to reckon, compute), Egyptian ḥsb (to calculate, to count).

Pronunciation

  • (pa'al verb): (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): [χaˈʃav]
  • (file)

Verb

חָשַׁב • (khasháv) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, passive participle חָשׁוּב, passive counterpart נֶחְשַׁב)

  1. to think
    אני לא רוצה לחשוב על מה שיקרה אם הוא לא יבוא מחר.
    ani lo rotse lakhshov al ma sheyikre im hu lo yavo makhar.
    I don't want to think about what will happen if he doesn't arrive tomorrow.

Conjugation

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Further reading

Noun

חַשָּׁב • (khasháv) m

  1. an accountant

Synonyms

Verb

חִשֵּׁב • (khishév) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of חישב: to compute.

Verb

חֻשַּׁב • (khusháv) third-singular masculine past (pu'al construction)

  1. defective spelling of חושב: to be calculate.
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