"הואיל" meaning in Hebrew

See הואיל in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /(h)oˈ(ʔ)il/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Forms: הוֹאִיל [canonical], ho'íl [romanization]
Head templates: {{he-con|tr=ho'íl|wv=הוֹאִיל}} הוֹאִיל • (ho'íl)
  1. since, inasmuch as
    Sense id: en-הואיל-he-conj-Dujm0qZ0

Verb

IPA: /(h)oˈ(ʔ)il/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew]
Head templates: {{he-verb|hif|sort=יאל|tr=ho'íl|wv=הוֹאִיל|פ=י}} הוֹאִיל • (ho'íl) (hif'il construction) Inflection templates: {{he-conj|hif|ואל}} Forms: הוֹאִיל [canonical], ho'íl [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], לְהוֹאִיל [error-unrecognized-form], הוֹאָלָה [noun-from-verb], הוֹאַלְתִּי [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, singular], הוֹאַלְנוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, plural], הוֹאַלְתָּ [masculine, past, second-person, singular], הוֹאַלְתְּ [feminine, past, second-person, singular], הוֹאַלְתֶּם [masculine, past, plural, second-person], הוֹאַלְתֶּן [feminine, past, plural, second-person], הוֹאִיל [masculine, past, singular, third-person], הוֹאִילָה [feminine, past, singular, third-person], הוֹאִילוּ [feminine, masculine, past, plural, third-person], מוֹאִיל [masculine, present, singular], מוֹאִילָה [feminine, present, singular], מוֹאִילִים [masculine, plural, present], מוֹאִילוֹת [feminine, plural, present], אוֹאִיל [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, singular], נוֹאִיל [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, plural], תּוֹאִיל [future, masculine, second-person, singular], תּוֹאִילִי [feminine, future, second-person, singular], תּוֹאִילוּ [future, masculine, plural, second-person], תּוֹאֵלְנָה [feminine, future, plural, second-person], יוֹאִיל [future, masculine, singular, third-person], תּוֹאִיל [feminine, future, singular, third-person], יוֹאִילוּ [future, masculine, plural, third-person], תּוֹאֵלְנָה [feminine, future, plural, third-person], הוֹאֵל [imperative, masculine, singular], הוֹאִילִי [feminine, imperative, singular], הוֹאִילוּ [imperative, masculine, plural], הוֹאֵלְנָה [feminine, imperative, plural], אַל + Second person future tense [imperative, negative]
  1. (Biblical Hebrew) to continue, keep doing something (followed by an infinitive or finite verb) Tags: Biblical-Hebrew, construction-hif'il Related terms: הוֹסִיף (hosíf) (english: to do again)
    Sense id: en-הואיל-he-verb-PkB-kKk0 Categories (other): Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 66
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      "form": "תּוֹאִיל",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "תּוֹאֵלְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
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        "second-person"
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      "form": "הוֹאֵל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
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        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "אַל + Second person future tense",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative"
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        "sort": "יאל",
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  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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              16
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              15,
              24
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          "english": "If only we had continued to live on the other side of the Jordan!",
          "ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0607#ז_|7:7b]]:",
          "text": "וְלוּ הוֹאַלְנוּ וַנֵּשֶׁב בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן׃",
          "translation": "If only we had continued to live on the other side of the Jordan!",
          "type": "quotation"
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              64,
              73
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            [
              86,
              95
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          "english": "And the Manassites were not able to take possession of these towns and the Canaanites continued to dwell in this land.",
          "ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0617#יז_יב|17:12]]:",
          "text": "וְלֹא יָכְלוּ בְּנֵי מְנַשֶּׁה לְהוֹרִישׁ אֶת־הֶעָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וַיּוֹאֶל הַכְּנַעֲנִי לָשֶׁבֶת בָּאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת׃",
          "translation": "And the Manassites were not able to take possession of these towns and the Canaanites continued to dwell in this land.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "to continue, keep doing something (followed by an infinitive or finite verb)"
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      "id": "en-הואיל-he-verb-PkB-kKk0",
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        "(Biblical Hebrew) to continue, keep doing something (followed by an infinitive or finite verb)"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "to do again",
          "roman": "hosíf",
          "translation": "to do again",
          "word": "הוֹסִיף"
        }
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      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
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  ],
  "word": "הואיל"
}

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    {
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        "second-person"
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    {
      "form": "מוֹאִיל",
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        "present",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "מוֹאִילָה",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "מוֹאִילִים",
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    {
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        "plural",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "אוֹאִיל",
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      "form": "תּוֹאִילוּ",
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        "second-person"
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    {
      "form": "תּוֹאֵלְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יוֹאִיל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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        "third-person"
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    {
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        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "הוֹאֵל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הוֹאִילִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "הוֹאִילוּ",
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
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        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "אַל + Second person future tense",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hif",
        "sort": "יאל",
        "tr": "ho'íl",
        "wv": "הוֹאִיל",
        "פ": "י"
      },
      "expansion": "הוֹאִיל • (ho'íl) (hif'il construction)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hif",
        "2": "ואל"
      },
      "name": "he-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "to do again",
      "roman": "hosíf",
      "translation": "to do again",
      "word": "הוֹסִיף"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Biblical Hebrew",
        "Hebrew terms with quotations",
        "Requests for transliteration of Hebrew quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              24
            ]
          ],
          "english": "If only we had continued to live on the other side of the Jordan!",
          "ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0607#ז_|7:7b]]:",
          "text": "וְלוּ הוֹאַלְנוּ וַנֵּשֶׁב בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן׃",
          "translation": "If only we had continued to live on the other side of the Jordan!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              64,
              73
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              86,
              95
            ]
          ],
          "english": "And the Manassites were not able to take possession of these towns and the Canaanites continued to dwell in this land.",
          "ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0617#יז_יב|17:12]]:",
          "text": "וְלֹא יָכְלוּ בְּנֵי מְנַשֶּׁה לְהוֹרִישׁ אֶת־הֶעָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וַיּוֹאֶל הַכְּנַעֲנִי לָשֶׁבֶת בָּאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת׃",
          "translation": "And the Manassites were not able to take possession of these towns and the Canaanites continued to dwell in this land.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to continue, keep doing something (followed by an infinitive or finite verb)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "continue",
          "continue"
        ],
        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Biblical Hebrew) to continue, keep doing something (followed by an infinitive or finite verb)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew",
        "construction-hif'il"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)oˈ(ʔ)il/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "הואיל"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Hebrew conjunctions",
    "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hebrew hif'il verbs",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Hebrew verbs",
    "Hebrew פ״י hif'il verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "הוֹאִיל",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ho'íl",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "ho'íl",
        "wv": "הוֹאִיל"
      },
      "expansion": "הוֹאִיל • (ho'íl)",
      "name": "he-con"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "since, inasmuch as"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "since",
          "since"
        ],
        [
          "inasmuch as",
          "inasmuch as"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)oˈ(ʔ)il/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "הואיל"
}

Download raw JSONL data for הואיל meaning in Hebrew (6.6kB)

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

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