"לגבי" meaning in Hebrew

See לגבי in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

Etymology: From לְ־ (l'-) + גַּבֵּי (gabé), literally “to the backs of”. A calque of Aramaic [Term?]. First attested in the Talmud. Etymology templates: {{af|he|לְ־|גב|alt2=גַּבֵּי|lit=to the backs of|tr1=l'-|tr2=gabé}} לְ־ (l'-) + גַּבֵּי (gabé), literally “to the backs of”, {{cal|he|arc|nocap=1}} calque of Aramaic [Term?] Head templates: {{head|he|preposition|head=לְגַבֵּי|tr=l'gabé}} לְגַבֵּי • (l'gabé) Forms: לְגַבֵּי [canonical], l'gabé [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], לְגַבֵּי [error-unrecognized-form], לגביי [feminine, first-person, masculine, singular], לְגַבַּי [feminine, first-person, masculine, singular], לְגַבֵּינוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural], לְגַבֶּיךָ [masculine, second-person, singular], לגבייך [feminine, second-person, singular], לְגַבַּיִךְ [feminine, second-person, singular], לְגַבַּיכֶם [masculine, plural, second-person], לְגַבַּיכֶן [feminine, plural, second-person], לְגַבָּיו [masculine, singular, third-person], לְגַבֶּיהָ [feminine, singular, third-person], לְגַבַּיהֶם [masculine, plural, third-person], לְגַבַּיהֶן [feminine, plural, third-person], גַּבֵּי [alternative]
  1. About, regarding, in connection with, with respect to.
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      ]
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      "form": "גַּבֵּי",
      "roman": "gabé",
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  "pos": "prep",
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          "english": "I have some questions regarding what you said.",
          "roman": "yésh lí káma sh'elót l'gabé má she'amárt(a).",
          "text": "יש לי כמה שאלות לגבי מה שאמרת.",
          "translation": "I have some questions regarding what you said.",
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          "english": "He is optimistic regarding his future.",
          "roman": "hú optími l'gabé atidó.",
          "text": "הוא אופטימי לגבי עתידו.",
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        "About, regarding, in connection with, with respect to."
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          "regarding",
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          "with respect to"
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        "singular"
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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      "source": "inflection",
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    },
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      "form": "לְגַבָּיו",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "form": "לְגַבַּיהֶן",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "form": "גַּבֵּי",
      "roman": "gabé",
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  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "prep",
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          "english": "I have some questions regarding what you said.",
          "roman": "yésh lí káma sh'elót l'gabé má she'amárt(a).",
          "text": "יש לי כמה שאלות לגבי מה שאמרת.",
          "translation": "I have some questions regarding what you said.",
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          "english": "He is optimistic regarding his future.",
          "roman": "hú optími l'gabé atidó.",
          "text": "הוא אופטימי לגבי עתידו.",
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          "with respect to"
        ]
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  "word": "לגבי"
}

Download raw JSONL data for לגבי meaning in Hebrew (4.0kB)

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  "subsection": "preposition",
  "title": "לגבי",
  "trace": ""
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