נאף

Hebrew

Root
נ־א־ף (n-ʾ-p)
3 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

נָאַף • (na'áf) (pa'al construction)

  1. (transitive) to commit adultery
    • Tanach, Deuteronomy 5:17, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      לֹא תִרְצַח וְלֹא תִנְאָף וְלֹא תִגְנֹב וְלֹא תַעֲנֶה בְרֵעֲךָ עֵד שָׁוְא׃
      Thou shalt not murder. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
    • Tanach, Leviticus 20:10, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וְאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִנְאַף אֶת־אֵשֶׁת אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִנְאַף אֶת־אֵשֶׁת רֵעֵהוּ מוֹת־יוּמַת הַנֹּאֵף וְהַנֹּאָפֶת׃
      And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

Conjugation

Conjugation of נָאַף (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לנאוף / לִנְאֹף
action noun נֵיאוּף
passive participle נָאוּף
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first נָאַפְתִּי נָאַפְנוּ
second נָאַפְתָּ נָאַפְתְּ נְאַפְתֶּם1 נְאַפְתֶּן1
third נָאַף נָאֲפָה נָאֲפוּ
present נוֹאֵף נוֹאֶפֶת נוֹאֲפִים נוֹאֲפוֹת
future first אֶנְאַף נִנְאַף
second תִּנְאַף תִּנְאֲפִי תִּנְאֲפוּ תִּנְאַפְנָה2
third יִנְאַף תִּנְאַף יִנְאֲפוּ תִּנְאַפְנָה2
imperative נְאַף נַאֲפִי נַאֲפוּ נְאַפְנָה2

1 Pronounced נָאַפְתֶּם and נָאַפְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

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