חס

Aramaic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħɑs/

Adverb

חס • (transliteration needed)

  1. God forbid

Hebrew

Root
ח־ו־ס (kh-w-s)
2 terms

Verb

חָס • (khas) (pa'al construction)

  1. (literary) to pity, to have mercy
    • 1919, Hayim Nahman Bialik, Aftermath 1:
      כאפרוח יתום תעיתי בדד מסביב לקִנִּי, אבי ואמי עזבוני ועין לא חסה עלי.
      As a chicken orphan I wandered alone around my nest, my father and mother left me and no eye had mercy on me.
    • a. 500 B.C.E.,
      Tanach, Deuteronomy 19:21, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וְלֹ֥א תָחֹ֖וס עֵינֶ֑ךָ נֶ֣פֶשׁ בְּנֶ֗פֶשׁ עַ֤יִן בְּעַ֙יִן֙ שֵׁ֣ן בְּשֵׁ֔ן יָ֥ד בְּיָ֖ד רֶ֥גֶל בְּרָֽגֶל׃
      And thine eye shall not pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
  2. (literary) to save, to spare, to go easy on

Conjugation

Conjugation of חָס (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לָחוּס
action noun —
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first חַסְתִּי חַסְנוּ
second חַסְתָּ חַסְתְּ חַסְתֶּם חַסְתֶּן
third חָס חָסָה חָסוּ
present חָס חָסָה חָסִים חָסוֹת
future first אָחוּס נָחוּס
second תָּחוּס תָּחוּסִי תָּחוּסוּ תחוסנה / תָּחֹסְנָה1
third יָחוּס תָּחוּס יָחוּסוּ תחוסנה / תָּחֹסְנָה1
imperative חוּס חוּסִי חוּסוּ חוסנה / חֹסְנָה1

1 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Noun

חַס • (khas) m

  1. compassion, mercy

Derived terms

References

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