סיפר

Hebrew

Root
ס־פ־ר (s-p-r)
17 terms

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Pronunciation

  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /siˈpeʁ/
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Verb

סיפר / סִפֵּר • (sipér) (pi'el construction)

  1. (transitive) to tell (a story), to narrate, to recount
  2. (transitive) to cut the hair of, to give a haircut to
  3. (Mishnaic Hebrew, intransitive) to speak
  4. (Biblical Hebrew) to declare
    • Tanach, Psalms 118:17, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      לֹא־אָמ֥וּת כִּֽי־אֶחְיֶ֑ה
      וַ֝אֲסַפֵּ֗ר מַעֲשֵׂ֥י יָֽהּ׃
      I shall not die, but live,
      And declare the works of the Lord.

Conjugation

Conjugation of סיפר / סִפֵּר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לְסַפֵּר
action noun סיפור / סִפּוּר
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first סיפרתי / סִפַּרְתִּי סיפרנו / סִפַּרְנוּ
second סיפרת / סִפַּרְתָּ סיפרת / סִפַּרְתְּ סיפרתם / סִפַּרְתֶּם סיפרתן / סִפַּרְתֶּן
third סיפר / סִפֵּר סיפרה / סִפְּרָה סיפרו / סִפְּרוּ
present מְסַפֵּר מְסַפֶּרֶת מְסַפְּרִים מְסַפְּרוֹת
future first אֲסַפֵּר נְסַפֵּר
second תְּסַפֵּר תְּסַפְּרִי תְּסַפְּרוּ תְּסַפֵּרְנָה1
third יְסַפֵּר תְּסַפֵּר יְסַפְּרוּ תְּסַפֵּרְנָה1
imperative סַפֵּר סַפְּרִי סַפְּרוּ סַפֵּרְנָה1

1 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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