"בחר" meaning in Hebrew

See בחר in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /baˈχaʁ/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew]
Head templates: {{he-verb|pa|pa|pass=נִבְחַר|tr=bakhár|wv=בָּחַר|ע=ח}} בָּחַר • (bakhár) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִבְחַר) Inflection templates: {{he-conj|pa|בחר}} Forms: בָּחַר [canonical], bakhár [romanization], נִבְחַר [passive], no-table-tags [table-tags], לבחור [error-unrecognized-form], לִבְחֹר [error-unrecognized-form], בְּחִירָה [noun-from-verb], בָּחוּר [participle, passive], בָּחַרְתִּי [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, singular], בָּחַרְנוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, plural], בָּחַרְתָּ [masculine, past, second-person, singular], בָּחַרְתְּ [feminine, past, second-person, singular], בְּחַרְתֶּם [masculine, past, plural, second-person], בְּחַרְתֶּן [feminine, past, plural, second-person], בָּחַר [masculine, past, singular, third-person], בָּחֲרָה [feminine, past, singular, third-person], בָּחֲרוּ [feminine, masculine, past, plural, third-person], בּוֹחֵר [masculine, present, singular], בּוֹחֶרֶת [feminine, present, singular], בּוֹחֲרִים [masculine, plural, present], בּוֹחֲרוֹת [feminine, plural, present], אֶבְחַר [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, singular], נִבְחַר [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, plural], תִּבְחַר [future, masculine, second-person, singular], תִּבְחֲרִי [feminine, future, second-person, singular], תִּבְחֲרוּ [future, masculine, plural, second-person], תִּבְחַרְנָה [feminine, future, plural, second-person], יִבְחַר [future, masculine, singular, third-person], תִּבְחַר [feminine, future, singular, third-person], יִבְחֲרוּ [future, masculine, plural, third-person], תִּבְחַרְנָה [feminine, future, plural, third-person], בְּחַר [imperative, masculine, singular], בַּחֲרִי [feminine, imperative, singular], בַּחֲרוּ [imperative, masculine, plural], בְּחַרְנָה [feminine, imperative, plural]
  1. to choose, to opt, to select. Tags: construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-בחר-he-verb-UUEW8hpU Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew terms belonging to the root ב־ח־ר, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 76 12 12 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 71 15 15 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 69 15 15 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root ב־ח־ר: 42 29 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 21 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 9 9
  2. to prefer Tags: construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-בחר-he-verb-27WenzHD
  3. to appoint Tags: construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-בחר-he-verb-7nYYPqk0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: הֶחְלִיט (hekhlít) (english: to decide, to opt, to choose) 
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        "canonical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "bakhár",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נִבְחַר",
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "form": "בָּחַרְנוּ",
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      "form": "בָּחַרְתָּ",
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      "form": "בָּחֲרָה",
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    },
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      "form": "נִבְחַר",
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      "form": "תִּבְחַר",
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      "form": "יִבְחַר",
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        "singular",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "יִבְחֲרוּ",
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּבְחַרְנָה",
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        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בְּחַר",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "feminine",
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        "singular"
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      ]
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    {
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        "2": "pa",
        "pass": "נִבְחַר",
        "tr": "bakhár",
        "wv": "בָּחַר",
        "ע": "ח"
      },
      "expansion": "בָּחַר • (bakhár) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִבְחַר)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "2": "בחר"
      },
      "name": "he-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "76 12 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 15 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "69 15 15",
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          "_dis": "42 29 29",
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "_dis": "59 21 21",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 9 9",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              64,
              69
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              47,
              50
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He published his first important book in Israel in the 70s, and chose to write it in Literary Arabic.",
          "ref": "2019 October 31, Naomi Niddam, Local Call:",
          "text": "את ספרו החשוב הראשון פירסם בישראל בשנות ה־70, ובחר לכתוב אותו בערבית ספרותית",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to choose, to opt, to select."
      ],
      "id": "en-בחר-he-verb-UUEW8hpU",
      "links": [
        [
          "choose",
          "choose"
        ],
        [
          "opt",
          "opt"
        ],
        [
          "select",
          "select"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to prefer"
      ],
      "id": "en-בחר-he-verb-27WenzHD",
      "links": [
        [
          "prefer",
          "prefer"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to appoint"
      ],
      "id": "en-בחר-he-verb-7nYYPqk0",
      "links": [
        [
          "appoint",
          "appoint"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/baˈχaʁ/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to decide, to opt, to choose",
      "roman": "hekhlít",
      "word": "הֶחְלִיט"
    }
  ],
  "word": "בחר"
}

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    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Hebrew pa'al verbs",
    "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ב־ח־ר",
    "Hebrew verbs",
    "Hebrew ע״ח pa'al verbs",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "לבחור",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "לִבְחֹר",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "בָּחוּר",
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        "passive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "בָּחַרְתִּי",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
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        "masculine",
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    {
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    {
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        "second-person"
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    {
      "form": "בְּחַרְתֶּן",
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        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    {
      "form": "בָּחַר",
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    {
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    {
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    {
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        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "אֶבְחַר",
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        "masculine",
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    {
      "form": "נִבְחַר",
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        "masculine",
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      "form": "תִּבְחַר",
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        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "יִבְחֲרוּ",
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּבְחַרְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
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        "ע": "ח"
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  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with quotations",
        "Requests for transliteration of Hebrew quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              64,
              69
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              47,
              50
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He published his first important book in Israel in the 70s, and chose to write it in Literary Arabic.",
          "ref": "2019 October 31, Naomi Niddam, Local Call:",
          "text": "את ספרו החשוב הראשון פירסם בישראל בשנות ה־70, ובחר לכתוב אותו בערבית ספרותית",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to choose, to opt, to select."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "choose",
          "choose"
        ],
        [
          "opt",
          "opt"
        ],
        [
          "select",
          "select"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to prefer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prefer",
          "prefer"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to appoint"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "appoint",
          "appoint"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/baˈχaʁ/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "to decide, to opt, to choose",
      "roman": "hekhlít",
      "word": "הֶחְלִיט"
    }
  ],
  "word": "בחר"
}

Download raw JSONL data for בחר meaning in Hebrew (5.4kB)

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

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