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.

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