חשב

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See also: ח־ש־ב

Aramaic[edit]

Verb[edit]

חשב (transliteration needed)

  1. to think

Hebrew[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Root
ח־שׁ־ב (ḥ-š-b)

From the root ח־ש־ב (ḥ-sh-b). Compare Arabic حَسَبَ (ḥasaba, to reckon, compute), Egyptian ḥsb (to calculate, to count).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

חָשַׁב (khasháv) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, passive participle חָשׁוּב, passive counterpart נֶחְשַׁב)

  1. to think
    אני לא רוצה לחשוב על מה שיקרה אם הוא לא יבוא מחר.
    ani lo rotse lakhshov al ma sheyikre im hu lo yavo makhar.
    I don't want to think about what will happen if he doesn't arrive tomorrow.

Conjugation[edit]

or

Further reading[edit]

Noun[edit]

חַשָּׁב (khashávm

  1. an accountant

Synonyms[edit]

Verb[edit]

חִשֵּׁב (khishév) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of חישב: to compute.

Verb[edit]

חֻשַּׁב (khusháv) third-singular masculine past (pu'al construction)

  1. defective spelling of חושב: to be calculate.

Related terms[edit]