חייב

Hebrew

Root
ח־י־ב (kh-y-b)
5 terms

Adjective

חייב / חַיָּב • (ḥayáv) (feminine חייבת / חַיֶּבֶת, masculine plural חייבים / חַיָּבִים, feminine plural חייבות / חַיָּבוֹת)

  1. obligated, required, bound, must
  2. owing, having a debt
  3. (Jewish law, also) guilty, culpable

Noun

חייב / חַיָּב • (ḥayáv) m (feminine counterpart חייבת / חַיֶּבֶת) [pattern: קַטָּל]

  1. (economics) debtor

Verb

חייב / חִיֵּב • (ḥiyév) (pi'el construction, passive counterpart חויב / חֻיַּב)

  1. to force, coerce
  2. to require, necessitate
  3. (accounting) to debit
  4. to charge
  5. to bind, be binding
  6. to agree with, approve, favor
  7. (Jewish law, also) to find guilty, convict

Conjugation

Conjugation of חייב / חִיֵּב (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לְחַיֵּב
action noun חייוב / חִיּוּב
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first חייבתי / חִיַּבְתִּי חייבנו / חִיַּבְנוּ
second חייבת / חִיַּבְתָּ חייבת / חִיַּבְתְּ חייבתם / חִיַּבְתֶּם חייבתן / חִיַּבְתֶּן
third חייב / חִיֵּב חייבה / חִיְּבָה חייבו / חִיְּבוּ
present מְחַיֵּב מְחַיֶּבֶת מְחַיְּבִים מְחַיְּבוֹת
future first אֲחַיֵּב נְחַיֵּב
second תְּחַיֵּב תְּחַיְּבִי תְּחַיְּבוּ תְּחַיֵּבְנָה1
third יְחַיֵּב תְּחַיֵּב יְחַיְּבוּ תְּחַיֵּבְנָה1
imperative חַיֵּב חַיְּבִי חַיְּבוּ חַיֵּבְנָה1

1 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

See also

References

  • “חייב” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

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