"התחיל" meaning in All languages combined

See התחיל on Wiktionary

Verb [Hebrew]

IPA: /(h)itˈχil/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-YaronSh-התחיל.wav
Rhymes: -il Head templates: {{he-verb|hif|sort=תחל|tr=hitkhíl|wv=הִתְחִיל}} הִתְחִיל • (hitkhíl) (hif'il construction) Inflection templates: {{he-conj|hif|תחל}} Forms: הִתְחִיל [canonical], hitkhíl [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], לְהַתְחִיל [error-unrecognized-form], הַתְחָלָה [noun-from-verb], הִתְחַלְתִּי [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, singular], הִתְחַלְנוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, plural], הִתְחַלְתָּ [masculine, past, second-person, singular], הִתְחַלְתְּ [feminine, past, second-person, singular], הִתְחַלְתֶּם [masculine, past, plural, second-person], הִתְחַלְתֶּן [feminine, past, plural, second-person], הִתְחִיל [masculine, past, singular, third-person], הִתְחִילָה [feminine, past, singular, third-person], הִתְחִילוּ [feminine, masculine, past, plural, third-person], מַתְחִיל [masculine, present, singular], מַתְחִילָה [feminine, present, singular], מַתְחִילִים [masculine, plural, present], מַתְחִילוֹת [feminine, plural, present], אַתְחִיל [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, singular], נַתְחִיל [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, plural], תַּתְחִיל [future, masculine, second-person, singular], תַּתְחִילִי [feminine, future, second-person, singular], תַּתְחִילוּ [future, masculine, plural, second-person], תַּתְחֵלְנָה [feminine, future, plural, second-person], יַתְחִיל [future, masculine, singular, third-person], תַּתְחִיל [feminine, future, singular, third-person], יַתְחִילוּ [future, masculine, plural, third-person], תַּתְחֵלְנָה [feminine, future, plural, third-person], הַתְחֵל [imperative, masculine, singular], הַתְחִילִי [feminine, imperative, singular], הַתְחִילוּ [imperative, masculine, plural], הַתְחֵלְנָה [feminine, imperative, plural]
  1. (intransitive, transitive) to start, to begin Tags: construction-hif'il, intransitive, transitive Synonyms: הֵחֵל
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        "canonical"
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    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "he-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "לְהַתְחִיל",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "הַתְחָלָה",
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        "noun-from-verb"
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    {
      "form": "הִתְחַלְתִּי",
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        "past",
        "singular"
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    },
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        "singular"
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        "second-person"
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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      "form": "נַתְחִיל",
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        "first-person",
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        "masculine",
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      "form": "תַּתְחִיל",
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        "singular"
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        "second-person"
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        "plural"
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        "sort": "תחל",
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      },
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    }
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        "1": "hif",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "he",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "kind": "other",
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            [
              16,
              22
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            [
              9,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "english": "When the infant begins to speak, his father should speak to him in Lashon Hakodesh and teach him Torah.",
          "ref": "11th century, Rashi, “Devarim 11:19”, in Commentary on the Torah:",
          "text": "כשהתינוק מתחיל לדבר אביו מסיח עמו בלשון הקדש ומלמדו תורה",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "to start, to begin"
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      "id": "en-התחיל-he-verb-vj6JUKUr",
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          "start",
          "start"
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          "begin",
          "begin"
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        "(intransitive, transitive) to start, to begin"
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        {
          "word": "הֵחֵל"
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}
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        "past",
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      "form": "הִתְחַלְנוּ",
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      "form": "הִתְחַלְתָּ",
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      "form": "הִתְחַלְתְּ",
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        "second-person"
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        "Hebrew terms with quotations",
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        "Hebrew verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
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        "Rhymes:Hebrew/il/2 syllables"
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          "text": "כשהתינוק מתחיל לדבר אביו מסיח עמו בלשון הקדש ומלמדו תורה",
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        "to start, to begin"
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          "begin"
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      "ipa": "/(h)itˈχil/",
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        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-il"
    }
  ],
  "word": "התחיל"
}

Download raw JSONL data for התחיל meaning in All languages combined (5.6kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'to-infinitive'",
  "path": [
    "התחיל"
  ],
  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "התחיל",
  "trace": ""
}

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