הכיר

Hebrew

Root
נ־כ־ר (n-k-r)

Verb

הִכִּיר • (hikír) (hif'il construction, passive counterpart הוכר / הֻכַּר)

1. (transitive) To know (someone), to recognize, to be familiar with (someone or something), to meet.

   הם לא מכירים אף אחד באזור. ― hem lo makirím af ekhád ba'ezór. ― They don't know anyone in the area.

   לא הכרתי אותו, אבל הכרתי את השם שלו. ― lo hikárti otó, aval hikárti et hashém sheló. ― I didn't know him, but I had heard his name.

   מתי הכרת אותה? ― matái hikárt otá? ― When did you first meet her?

   • Tanach, Genesis 37:32, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיְשַׁלְּחוּ אֶת־כְּתֹנֶת הַפַּסִּים וַיָּבִיאוּ אֶל־אֲבִיהֶם וַיֹּאמְרוּ זֹאת מָצָאנוּ הַכֶּר־נָא הַכְּתֹנֶת בִּנְךָ הִוא אִם־לֹא׃

     vay'shal'khú 'et-k'tónet hapasím vayaví'u 'el-'avihém vayom'rú zót matsánu haker-ná hak'tónet bin'khá hí 'im-ló.
     wayəšalləḥū ʾeṯ-kəṯṓneṯ happassīm wayyāḇī́ʾū ʾel-ʾăḇīhem wayyōmərū zōṯ māṣā́nū hakker-nā hakkəṯṓneṯ binəḵā hī ʾim-lō.

     and they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said: ‘This have we found. Know now whether it is thy son's coat or not.’

2. (diplomacy, transitive) To recognize (a country or legal entity).

Conjugation

Conjugation of הִכִּיר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לְהַכִּיר action noun: הַכָּרָה
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	הִכַּרְתִּי		הִכַּרְנוּ
	second	הִכַּרְתָּ	הִכַּרְתְּ	הִכַּרְתֶּם	הִכַּרְתֶּן
	third	הִכִּיר	הִכִּירָה	הִכִּירוּ
present		מַכִּיר	מַכִּירָה	מַכִּירִים	מַכִּירוֹת
future	first	אַכִּיר		נַכִּיר
	second	תַּכִּיר	תַּכִּירִי	תַּכִּירוּ	תַּכֵּרְנָה1
	third	יַכִּיר	תַּכִּיר	יַכִּירוּ	תַּכֵּרְנָה1
imperative		הַכֵּר	הַכִּירִי	הַכִּירוּ	הַכֵּרְנָה1
notes		Rare in Modern Hebrew.

See also

• ידע (yadá) to know (a fact)