"הבדיל" meaning in Hebrew

See הבדיל in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /hivˈdil/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-YaronSh-הבדיל.wav
Etymology: Compare Arabic بَدَلَ (badala, “to change”) Etymology templates: {{cog|ar|بَدَلَ|t=to change}} Arabic بَدَلَ (badala, “to change”) Head templates: {{he-verb|hif|sort=בדל|tr=hivdíl|wv=הִבְדִּיל}} הִבְדִּיל • (hivdíl) (hif'il construction) Inflection templates: {{he-conj|hif|בדל}} Forms: הִבְדִּיל [canonical], hivdíl [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], לְהַבְדִּיל [error-unrecognized-form], הַבְדָּלָה [noun-from-verb], הִבְדַּלְתִּי [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, singular], הִבְדַּלְנוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, plural], הִבְדַּלְתָּ [masculine, past, second-person, singular], הִבְדַּלְתְּ [feminine, past, second-person, singular], הִבְדַּלְתֶּם [masculine, past, plural, second-person], הִבְדַּלְתֶּן [feminine, past, plural, second-person], הִבְדִּיל [masculine, past, singular, third-person], הִבְדִּילָה [feminine, past, singular, third-person], הִבְדִּילוּ [feminine, masculine, past, plural, third-person], מַבְדִּיל [masculine, present, singular], מַבְדִּילָה [feminine, present, singular], מַבְדִּילִים [masculine, plural, present], מַבְדִּילוֹת [feminine, plural, present], אַבְדִּיל [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, singular], נַבְדִּיל [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, plural], תַּבְדִּיל [future, masculine, second-person, singular], תַּבְדִּילִי [feminine, future, second-person, singular], תַּבְדִּילוּ [future, masculine, plural, second-person], תַּבְדֵּלְנָה [feminine, future, plural, second-person], יַבְדִּיל [future, masculine, singular, third-person], תַּבְדִּיל [feminine, future, singular, third-person], יַבְדִּילוּ [future, masculine, plural, third-person], תַּבְדֵּלְנָה [feminine, future, plural, third-person], הַבְדֵּל [imperative, masculine, singular], הַבְדִּילִי [feminine, imperative, singular], הַבְדִּילוּ [imperative, masculine, plural], הַבְדֵּלְנָה [feminine, imperative, plural]
  1. To separate. Tags: construction-hif'il
    Sense id: en-הבדיל-he-verb-17nsUR5j Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 43
  2. To distinguish: to recognize or discern a difference, or to make a distinction. Tags: construction-hif'il
    Sense id: en-הבדיל-he-verb--R5QPoec Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: הֶבְדֵּל (hevdél), הַבְדָּלָה (havdalá) 
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          "english": "And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.",
          "ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0101#א_ד|1:4]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
          "roman": "vayár' 'elohím 'et-ha'ór ki-tóv vayavdél 'elohím béin ha'ór uvéin hakhóshekh.",
          "text": "וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאוֹר כִּי־טוֹב וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹשֶׁךְ׃",
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        "To separate."
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              7,
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          "english": "It is hard to tell them apart.",
          "roman": "'kashé l'havdíl beinéhem.",
          "text": "קשה להבדיל ביניהם.",
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        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תַּבְדֵּלְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַבְדֵּל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַבְדִּילִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַבְדִּילוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַבְדֵּלְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hif",
        "sort": "בדל",
        "tr": "hivdíl",
        "wv": "הִבְדִּיל"
      },
      "expansion": "הִבְדִּיל • (hivdíl) (hif'il construction)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hif",
        "2": "בדל"
      },
      "name": "he-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "hevdél",
      "word": "הֶבְדֵּל"
    },
    {
      "roman": "havdalá",
      "word": "הַבְדָּלָה"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              49,
              56
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              39,
              50
            ]
          ],
          "english": "And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.",
          "ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0101#א_ד|1:4]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
          "roman": "vayár' 'elohím 'et-ha'ór ki-tóv vayavdél 'elohím béin ha'ór uvéin hakhóshekh.",
          "text": "וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאוֹר כִּי־טוֹב וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹשֶׁךְ׃",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To separate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "separate",
          "separate"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-hif'il"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              18
            ],
            [
              24,
              29
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "It is hard to tell them apart.",
          "roman": "'kashé l'havdíl beinéhem.",
          "text": "קשה להבדיל ביניהם.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To distinguish: to recognize or discern a difference, or to make a distinction."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "distinguish",
          "distinguish"
        ],
        [
          "difference",
          "difference"
        ],
        [
          "distinction",
          "distinction"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-hif'il"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hivˈdil/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
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    }
  ],
  "word": "הבדיל"
}

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

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