Verb – PA'AL
Root: ח - פ - ר
The first radical of this word is guttural; this affects the adjacent vowels.
Verb form | Person | Singular | Plural | ||
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Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | ||
Present tense / Participle | חוֹפֵר chofer I / you m. sg. / he / it dig(s) | חוֹפֶרֶת choferet I / you f. sg. / she / it dig(s) | חוֹפְרִים chofrim we / you m. pl. / they m. dig | חוֹפְרוֹת chofrot we / you f. pl. / they f. dig | |
Past tense | 1st | חָפַרְתִּי chafarti I dug | חָפַרְנוּ chafarnu we dug | ||
2nd | חָפַרְתָּ chafarta you m. sg. dug | חָפַרְתְּ chafart you f. sg. dug | חֲפַרְתֶּם chafartem you m. pl. dug The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: חָפַרְתֶּם chafartem | חֲפַרְתֶּן chafarten you f. pl. dug The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: חָפַרְתֶּן chafarten | |
3rd | חָפַר chafar he / it dug | חָפְרָה chafra she / it dug | חָפְרוּ chafru they dug | ||
Future tense | 1st | אֶחְפֹּר ~ אחפור echpor I will dig | נַחְפֹּר ~ נחפור nachpor we will dig | ||
2nd | תַּחְפֹּר ~ תחפור tachpor you m. sg. will dig | תַּחְפְּרִי tachperi you f. sg. will dig | תַּחְפְּרוּ tachperu you m. pl. will dig | תַּחְפֹּרְנָה ~ תחפורנה tachporna you f. pl. will dig In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: תַּחְפְּרוּ tachperu | |
3rd | יַחְפֹּר ~ יחפור yachpor he / it will dig | תַּחְפֹּר ~ תחפור tachpor she / it will dig | יַחְפְּרוּ yachperu they m. will dig | תַּחְפֹּרְנָה ~ תחפורנה tachporna they f. will dig In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: יַחְפְּרוּ yachperu | |
Imperative | חֲפֹר! ~ חפור! chafor! (to a man) dig! | חִפְרִי! chifri! (to a woman) dig! | חִפְרוּ! chifru! (to men) dig! | חֲפֹרְנָה! ~ חפורנה! chaforna! (to women) dig! In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: חִפְרוּ! chifru! | |
Infinitive | לַחְפֹּר ~ לחפור lachpor to dig |
Word | Root | Part of speech | Meaning |
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חֲפִירָה | ח - פ - ר | Noun – ktila pattern, feminine | excavation, digging |
לְהֵיחָפֵר | ח - פ - ר | Verb – nif'al | to be excavated |
לְהִתְחַפֵּר | ח - פ - ר | Verb – hitpa'el | to entrench |
מַחְפֵּר | ח - פ - ר | Noun – maktel pattern, masculine | dredger, bulldozer, excavator |
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