התנצל

Hebrew

Root
נ־צ־ל (n-ṣ-l)

Verb

הִתְנַצֵּל • (hitnatsél) third-singular masculine past (hitpa'el construction)

1. to apologize
2. (biblical, outdated) to strip, to take off from oneself.
   • Tanach, Exodus 33:6, with translation of the American Standard Version:

     :וַיִּתְנַצְּלוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת עֶדְיָם מֵהַר חוֹרֵב

     wayyit̲naṣṣəlû b̲ənê yiśrāʾēl ʾet̲ ʿed̲yām mēhar ḥôrēb̲
     vayitnats'lú v'néi yisra'él et edyám mehár khorév

     And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from mount Horeb onward.

Conjugation

Conjugation of הִתְנַצֵּל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לְהִתְנַצֵּל action noun: הִתְנַצְּלוּת
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	הִתְנַצַּלְתִּי		הִתְנַצַּלְנוּ
	second	הִתְנַצַּלְתָּ	הִתְנַצַּלְתְּ	הִתְנַצַּלְתֶּם	הִתְנַצַּלְתֶּן
	third	הִתְנַצֵּל	הִתְנַצְּלָה	הִתְנַצְּלוּ
present		מִתְנַצֵּל	מִתְנַצֶּלֶת	מִתְנַצְּלִים	מִתְנַצְּלוֹת
future	first	אֶתְנַצֵּל		נִתְנַצֵּל
	second	תִּתְנַצֵּל	תִּתְנַצְּלִי	תִּתְנַצְּלוּ	תִּתְנַצֵּלְנָה1
	third	יִתְנַצֵּל	תִּתְנַצֵּל	יִתְנַצְּלוּ	תִּתְנַצֵּלְנָה1
imperative		הִתְנַצֵּל	הִתְנַצְּלִי	הִתְנַצְּלוּ	הִתְנַצֵּלְנָה1
notes		Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

• הִתְנַצְּלוּת (hitnats'lút)

References

• H5337 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible