See הבהב in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"form": "הִבְהַבְתֶּן",
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"הִבְהַבְתֶּן",
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"הִבְהֲבוּ",
"הבהבו#Hebrew"
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"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
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[
"מְהַבְהֵב",
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"אֲהַבְהֵב",
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[
"נְהַבְהֵב",
"נהבהב#Hebrew"
]
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"feminine",
"first-person",
"future",
"masculine",
"plural"
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"form": "תְּהַבְהֵב",
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[
"תְּהַבְהֵב",
"תהבהב#Hebrew"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
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"future",
"masculine",
"second-person",
"singular"
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"תְּהַבְהֲבִי",
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"תְּהַבְהֵבְנָה",
"תהבהבנה#Hebrew"
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"plural",
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"יְהַבְהֵב",
"יהבהב#Hebrew"
]
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"future",
"masculine",
"singular",
"third-person"
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"singular",
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"masculine",
"plural",
"third-person"
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[
"תְּהַבְהֵבְנָה",
"תהבהבנה#Hebrew"
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"future",
"plural",
"third-person"
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"form": "הַבְהֵב",
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[
"הַבְהֵב",
"הבהב#Hebrew"
]
],
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"tags": [
"imperative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "הַבְהֲבִי",
"links": [
[
"הַבְהֲבִי",
"הבהבי#Hebrew"
]
],
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"feminine",
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]
},
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"form": "הַבְהֲבוּ",
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[
"הַבְהֲבוּ",
"הבהבו#Hebrew"
]
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"negative"
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78,
83
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92,
99
]
],
"english": "[…] I knelt by the west-facing window in my room and watched the lights of Boston flash and flicker far away across the darkening water.",
"ref": "2007 July 27, סילביה פלאת [Sylvia Plath], “סופרמן למד אותי לעוף [Superman Taught Me to Fly]”, in עדית שורר [Idit Shorer], transl., ynet, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2007:",
"text": "[…] כרעתי על ברכיי ליד החלון המערבי בחדרי והתבוננתי באורות של בוסטון שהבליחו והבהבו הרחק מעבר למים המחשיכים.",
"translation": "[…] I knelt by the west-facing window in my room and watched the lights of Boston flash and flicker far away across the darkening water.",
"type": "quotation"
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58
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118,
127
]
],
"english": "Through the windows of the shipyard workers’ homes in the port of Cherbourg, France, the lights on the Christmas tree flickered on Christmas Eve, December 25, 1969.",
"ref": "2014 June 3, רועי מנדל [Roi Mandel], “הישראלים שעשו \"ג'יימס בונד\" והתיעוד הנדיר: מבצע מילוט ספינות הטילים בים סוער [The Israelis Who Pulled a “James Bond” and the Rare Footage: The Operation to Spirit Away the Missile Boats in Stormy Seas]”, in ynet, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2014:",
"text": "מבעד חלונות הבתים של עובדי המספנה בנמל שרבורג שבצרפת הבהבו הנורות על עץ האשוח בערב חג המולד, 25 בדצמבר 1969.",
"translation": "Through the windows of the shipyard workers’ homes in the port of Cherbourg, France, the lights on the Christmas tree flickered on Christmas Eve, December 25, 1969.",
"type": "quotation"
},
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94
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98,
106
]
],
"english": "You tow it to the garage, and as the mechanic opens the hood, he asks whether any lights had been blinking in the car recently.",
"ref": "2016 January 5, מיכל פולת [Michal Polat], “לחשב מסלול מחדש: הדרך לשינוי תודעתי [Recalculating Your Route: The Path to a Shift in Consciousness]”, in ynet, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2016:",
"text": "אתם גוררים אותו למוסך, ותוך כדי שהמכונאי פותח את מכסה המנוע, הוא שואל אתכם אם היו נורות שהבהבו ברכב לאחרונה.",
"translation": "You tow it to the garage, and as the mechanic opens the hood, he asks whether any lights had been blinking in the car recently.",
"type": "quotation"
},
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83,
88
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118,
127
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"english": "Residents of Rome, 170 kilometers from the epicenter, were also awakened by its force. Furniture shook and the lights flickered throughout most of central Italy.",
"ref": "2016 August 24, מיכל רז-חיימוביץ [Michal Raz-Chaimovitz], “רעידת אדמה חזקה פקדה את מרכז איטליה: ”לפחות 21 נהרגו“ [Powerful Earthquake Strikes Central Italy: “At Least 21 Killed”]”, in Globes, archived from the original on 02 Jan 2019:",
"text": "תושבים ברומא, 170 קילומטרים ממוקד הרעש, התעוררו גם הם מעוצמתו. רהיטים רעדו והאורות הבהבו במרבית מרכז איטליה.",
"translation": "Residents of Rome, 170 kilometers from the epicenter, were also awakened by its force. Furniture shook and the lights flickered throughout most of central Italy.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"to flicker, blink, or flash (to shine intermittently or unsteadily)"
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"flicker"
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[
"blink",
"blink"
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"flash"
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22
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27,
32
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],
"english": "The warning light began to flash more intensely about two years ago, when she began suffering from weakness, high blood pressure, and cysts in her enlarged kidneys.",
"ref": "2010 July 31, אפרת נוימן [Efrat Neuman], “המנגנון שעשוי להציל לכם את החיים – כשתורת המשחקים פוגשת את עולם הרפואה [The Mechanism That Could Save Your Life – When Game Theory Meets the World of Medicine]”, in TheMarker, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2015:",
"text": "נורת האזהרה החלה להבהב ביתר שאת לפני כשנתיים, אז היא החלה לסבול מחולשה, מלחץ דם גבוה ומציסטות בכליות שהיו מוגדלות.",
"translation": "The warning light began to flash more intensely about two years ago, when she began suffering from weakness, high blood pressure, and cysts in her enlarged kidneys.",
"type": "quotation"
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65,
70
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109,
117
]
],
"english": "Therefore, when the prime minister announced an increase in the deficit target, the red warning lights began flashing, and the alarms in the institutional investors’ executive offices were set off.",
"ref": "2012 July 10, טל זוהר עבדה [Tal Zohar Avda], “הדולר עשוי לדלג מעבר ל־4 שקלים [The Dollar May Leap Past 4 Shekels]”, in Globes, archived from the original on 12 Jul 2012:",
"text": "לכן, כשראש הממשלה הכריז על העלאת יעד הגרעון, הנורות האדומות החלו להבהב, והצופרים במשרדי ההנהלה של המוסדיים הופעלו.",
"translation": "Therefore, when the prime minister announced an increase in the deficit target, the red warning lights began flashing, and the alarms in the institutional investors’ executive offices were set off.",
"type": "quotation"
},
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36,
41
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65,
72
]
],
"english": "It is difficult, but being in a place of clarity that accurately signals to me how ill I am, what I can do, and what I need to do actually makes things easier for me.",
"ref": "2015 November 3, מרב יודילוביץ' [Merav Yudilovitch], “”חדר החזרות הוא לא מפלט מהחיים“ [“The Rehearsal Room Is Not an Escape from Life”]”, in ynet, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2015:",
"text": "זה קשה אבל דווקא להיות במקום בהיר, שמהבהב לי במדויק כמה אני חולה, מה אני יכול לעשות, מה אני צריך לעשות, מקל עליי.",
"translation": "It is difficult, but being in a place of clarity that accurately signals to me how ill I am, what I can do, and what I need to do actually makes things easier for me.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"signal"
],
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"indicate"
]
],
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"(figurative) to flash, signal, or indicate something requiring attention"
],
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"figuratively"
]
}
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}
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}
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"הַב",
"הב#Hebrew"
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[
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}
],
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{
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{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
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},
{
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{
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},
{
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}
],
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"childish"
],
[
"doggy",
"doggy"
],
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"doggie"
]
],
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],
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}
],
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"Hebrew onomatopoeias",
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"Hebrew terms belonging to the root ה־ב־ה־ב",
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}
],
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"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
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"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "לְהַבְהֵב",
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[
"לְהַבְהֵב",
"להבהב#Hebrew"
]
],
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"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "הִבְהוּב",
"links": [
[
"הִבְהוּב",
"הבהוב#Hebrew"
]
],
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"tags": [
"noun-from-verb"
]
},
{
"form": "הִבְהַבְתִּי",
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[
"הִבְהַבְתִּי",
"הבהבתי#Hebrew"
]
],
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"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
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[
"הִבְהַבְנוּ",
"הבהבנו#Hebrew"
]
],
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"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
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[
"הִבְהַבְתָּ",
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],
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"past",
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"singular"
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{
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[
"הִבְהַבְתְּ",
"הבהבת#Hebrew"
]
],
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"feminine",
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
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{
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[
"הִבְהַבְתֶּם",
"הבהבתם#Hebrew"
]
],
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"masculine",
"past",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "הִבְהַבְתֶּן",
"links": [
[
"הִבְהַבְתֶּן",
"הבהבתן#Hebrew"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"past",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "הִבְהֵב",
"links": [
[
"הִבְהֵב",
"הבהב#Hebrew"
]
],
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"tags": [
"masculine",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "הִבְהֲבָה",
"links": [
[
"הִבְהֲבָה",
"הבהבה#Hebrew"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "הִבְהֲבוּ",
"links": [
[
"הִבְהֲבוּ",
"הבהבו#Hebrew"
]
],
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"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "מְהַבְהֵב",
"links": [
[
"מְהַבְהֵב",
"מהבהב#Hebrew"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "מְהַבְהֶבֶת",
"links": [
[
"מְהַבְהֶבֶת",
"מהבהבת#Hebrew"
]
],
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"tags": [
"feminine",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "מְהַבְהֲבִים",
"links": [
[
"מְהַבְהֲבִים",
"מהבהבים#Hebrew"
]
],
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"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "מְהַבְהֲבוֹת",
"links": [
[
"מְהַבְהֲבוֹת",
"מהבהבות#Hebrew"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "אֲהַבְהֵב",
"links": [
[
"אֲהַבְהֵב",
"אהבהב#Hebrew"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"future",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נְהַבְהֵב",
"links": [
[
"נְהַבְהֵב",
"נהבהב#Hebrew"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"future",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "תְּהַבְהֵב",
"links": [
[
"תְּהַבְהֵב",
"תהבהב#Hebrew"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"masculine",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "תְּהַבְהֲבִי",
"links": [
[
"תְּהַבְהֲבִי",
"תהבהבי#Hebrew"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"future",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "תְּהַבְהֲבוּ",
"links": [
[
"תְּהַבְהֲבוּ",
"תהבהבו#Hebrew"
]
],
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"tags": [
"future",
"masculine",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "תְּהַבְהֵבְנָה",
"links": [
[
"תְּהַבְהֵבְנָה",
"תהבהבנה#Hebrew"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"future",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "יְהַבְהֵב",
"links": [
[
"יְהַבְהֵב",
"יהבהב#Hebrew"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"masculine",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "תְּהַבְהֵב",
"links": [
[
"תְּהַבְהֵב",
"תהבהב#Hebrew"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"future",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "יְהַבְהֲבוּ",
"links": [
[
"יְהַבְהֲבוּ",
"יהבהבו#Hebrew"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"masculine",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "תְּהַבְהֵבְנָה",
"links": [
[
"תְּהַבְהֵבְנָה",
"תהבהבנה#Hebrew"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"future",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "הַבְהֵב",
"links": [
[
"הַבְהֵב",
"הבהב#Hebrew"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "הַבְהֲבִי",
"links": [
[
"הַבְהֲבִי",
"הבהבי#Hebrew"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"imperative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "הַבְהֲבוּ",
"links": [
[
"הַבְהֲבוּ",
"הבהבו#Hebrew"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "הַבְהֵבְנָה",
"links": [
[
"הַבְהֵבְנָה",
"הבהבנה#Hebrew"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"imperative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "אַל + Second person future tense",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"negative"
]
}
],
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{
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"1": "pi",
"tr": "hivhév",
"wv": "הִבְהֵב"
},
"expansion": "הִבְהֵב • (hivhév) (pi'el construction)",
"name": "he-verb"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "pi",
"2": "הבהב"
},
"name": "he-conj"
}
],
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "verb",
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{
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"Requests for transliteration of Hebrew quotations"
],
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[
78,
83
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
92,
99
]
],
"english": "[…] I knelt by the west-facing window in my room and watched the lights of Boston flash and flicker far away across the darkening water.",
"ref": "2007 July 27, סילביה פלאת [Sylvia Plath], “סופרמן למד אותי לעוף [Superman Taught Me to Fly]”, in עדית שורר [Idit Shorer], transl., ynet, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2007:",
"text": "[…] כרעתי על ברכיי ליד החלון המערבי בחדרי והתבוננתי באורות של בוסטון שהבליחו והבהבו הרחק מעבר למים המחשיכים.",
"translation": "[…] I knelt by the west-facing window in my room and watched the lights of Boston flash and flicker far away across the darkening water.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
53,
58
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
118,
127
]
],
"english": "Through the windows of the shipyard workers’ homes in the port of Cherbourg, France, the lights on the Christmas tree flickered on Christmas Eve, December 25, 1969.",
"ref": "2014 June 3, רועי מנדל [Roi Mandel], “הישראלים שעשו \"ג'יימס בונד\" והתיעוד הנדיר: מבצע מילוט ספינות הטילים בים סוער [The Israelis Who Pulled a “James Bond” and the Rare Footage: The Operation to Spirit Away the Missile Boats in Stormy Seas]”, in ynet, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2014:",
"text": "מבעד חלונות הבתים של עובדי המספנה בנמל שרבורג שבצרפת הבהבו הנורות על עץ האשוח בערב חג המולד, 25 בדצמבר 1969.",
"translation": "Through the windows of the shipyard workers’ homes in the port of Cherbourg, France, the lights on the Christmas tree flickered on Christmas Eve, December 25, 1969.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
89,
94
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
98,
106
]
],
"english": "You tow it to the garage, and as the mechanic opens the hood, he asks whether any lights had been blinking in the car recently.",
"ref": "2016 January 5, מיכל פולת [Michal Polat], “לחשב מסלול מחדש: הדרך לשינוי תודעתי [Recalculating Your Route: The Path to a Shift in Consciousness]”, in ynet, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2016:",
"text": "אתם גוררים אותו למוסך, ותוך כדי שהמכונאי פותח את מכסה המנוע, הוא שואל אתכם אם היו נורות שהבהבו ברכב לאחרונה.",
"translation": "You tow it to the garage, and as the mechanic opens the hood, he asks whether any lights had been blinking in the car recently.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
83,
88
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
118,
127
]
],
"english": "Residents of Rome, 170 kilometers from the epicenter, were also awakened by its force. Furniture shook and the lights flickered throughout most of central Italy.",
"ref": "2016 August 24, מיכל רז-חיימוביץ [Michal Raz-Chaimovitz], “רעידת אדמה חזקה פקדה את מרכז איטליה: ”לפחות 21 נהרגו“ [Powerful Earthquake Strikes Central Italy: “At Least 21 Killed”]”, in Globes, archived from the original on 02 Jan 2019:",
"text": "תושבים ברומא, 170 קילומטרים ממוקד הרעש, התעוררו גם הם מעוצמתו. רהיטים רעדו והאורות הבהבו במרבית מרכז איטליה.",
"translation": "Residents of Rome, 170 kilometers from the epicenter, were also awakened by its force. Furniture shook and the lights flickered throughout most of central Italy.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to flicker, blink, or flash (to shine intermittently or unsteadily)"
],
"links": [
[
"flicker",
"flicker"
],
[
"blink",
"blink"
],
[
"flash",
"flash"
]
],
"tags": [
"construction-pi'el"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew terms with quotations",
"Requests for transliteration of Hebrew quotations"
],
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{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
17,
22
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
27,
32
]
],
"english": "The warning light began to flash more intensely about two years ago, when she began suffering from weakness, high blood pressure, and cysts in her enlarged kidneys.",
"ref": "2010 July 31, אפרת נוימן [Efrat Neuman], “המנגנון שעשוי להציל לכם את החיים – כשתורת המשחקים פוגשת את עולם הרפואה [The Mechanism That Could Save Your Life – When Game Theory Meets the World of Medicine]”, in TheMarker, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2015:",
"text": "נורת האזהרה החלה להבהב ביתר שאת לפני כשנתיים, אז היא החלה לסבול מחולשה, מלחץ דם גבוה ומציסטות בכליות שהיו מוגדלות.",
"translation": "The warning light began to flash more intensely about two years ago, when she began suffering from weakness, high blood pressure, and cysts in her enlarged kidneys.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
65,
70
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
109,
117
]
],
"english": "Therefore, when the prime minister announced an increase in the deficit target, the red warning lights began flashing, and the alarms in the institutional investors’ executive offices were set off.",
"ref": "2012 July 10, טל זוהר עבדה [Tal Zohar Avda], “הדולר עשוי לדלג מעבר ל־4 שקלים [The Dollar May Leap Past 4 Shekels]”, in Globes, archived from the original on 12 Jul 2012:",
"text": "לכן, כשראש הממשלה הכריז על העלאת יעד הגרעון, הנורות האדומות החלו להבהב, והצופרים במשרדי ההנהלה של המוסדיים הופעלו.",
"translation": "Therefore, when the prime minister announced an increase in the deficit target, the red warning lights began flashing, and the alarms in the institutional investors’ executive offices were set off.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
36,
41
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
65,
72
]
],
"english": "It is difficult, but being in a place of clarity that accurately signals to me how ill I am, what I can do, and what I need to do actually makes things easier for me.",
"ref": "2015 November 3, מרב יודילוביץ' [Merav Yudilovitch], “”חדר החזרות הוא לא מפלט מהחיים“ [“The Rehearsal Room Is Not an Escape from Life”]”, in ynet, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2015:",
"text": "זה קשה אבל דווקא להיות במקום בהיר, שמהבהב לי במדויק כמה אני חולה, מה אני יכול לעשות, מה אני צריך לעשות, מקל עליי.",
"translation": "It is difficult, but being in a place of clarity that accurately signals to me how ill I am, what I can do, and what I need to do actually makes things easier for me.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to flash, signal, or indicate something requiring attention"
],
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[
"flash",
"flash"
],
[
"signal",
"signal"
],
[
"indicate",
"indicate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) to flash, signal, or indicate something requiring attention"
],
"tags": [
"construction-pi'el",
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/hivˈhev/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli"
]
}
],
"word": "הבהב"
}
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"Hebrew interjections",
"Hebrew lemmas",
"Hebrew masculine nouns",
"Hebrew noun entries missing plural construct forms",
"Hebrew noun entries missing singular construct forms",
"Hebrew nouns",
"Hebrew onomatopoeias",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
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[
"הַב",
"הב#Hebrew"
],
[
"wauwau",
"wauwau#German"
],
[
"bow-wow",
"bow-wow#English"
]
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},
"expansion": "Onomatopoeic",
"name": "onomatopoeic"
},
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"1": "de",
"2": "wauwau"
},
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},
{
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},
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"etymology_text": "Onomatopoeic, imitative of a dog barking; reduplication of הַב (hav, “woof!”). Compare German wauwau, English bow-wow.",
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{
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"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
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"romanization"
]
}
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"wv": "הַבְהַב"
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],
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],
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[
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]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(childish) woof!, bow-wow! (sound made by a dog barking)"
],
"tags": [
"childish"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/havˈhav/"
}
],
"word": "הבהב"
}
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
"Hebrew interjections",
"Hebrew lemmas",
"Hebrew masculine nouns",
"Hebrew noun entries missing plural construct forms",
"Hebrew noun entries missing singular construct forms",
"Hebrew nouns",
"Hebrew onomatopoeias",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"הַב",
"הב#Hebrew"
],
[
"wauwau",
"wauwau#German"
],
[
"bow-wow",
"bow-wow#English"
]
],
"etymology_number": "2",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "he"
},
"expansion": "Onomatopoeic",
"name": "onomatopoeic"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "wauwau"
},
"expansion": "German wauwau",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "bow-wow"
},
"expansion": "English bow-wow",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Onomatopoeic, imitative of a dog barking; reduplication of הַב (hav, “woof!”). Compare German wauwau, English bow-wow.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "הַבְהַב",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "havháv",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "הבהבים",
"roman": "havhavím",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "m",
"pl": "הבהבים",
"tr": "havháv",
"wv": "הַבְהַב"
},
"expansion": "הַבְהַב • (havháv) m (plural indefinite הבהבים (havhavím))",
"name": "he-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew childish terms"
],
"glosses": [
"a doggy, a doggie (a dog)"
],
"links": [
[
"childish",
"childish"
],
[
"doggy",
"doggy"
],
[
"doggie",
"doggie"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(childish) a doggy, a doggie (a dog)"
],
"tags": [
"childish"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/havˈhav/"
}
],
"word": "הבהב"
}
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