רצה

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Hebrew[edit]

Root
ר־צ־ה (r-ṣ-h)

Etymology[edit]

Compare Arabic رَضِيَ (raḍiya).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʁaˈtsa/
  • (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA (key): [ʀ̟ɔːˈsˤɔː]
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

רָצָה (ratsá) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, infinitive לִרְצוֹת)

  1. To want.
    אני חושב שזה בדיוק מה שרציתיani khoshev sheze bidyuk ma sheratsiti.I think that's exactly what I wanted.
    אם תרצו אין זו אגדה.im tirtsú ein zo agadá.If you [plural] want it, it is not a legend.
    היא רוצה להיות נשיאה.hi rotsá lihyot nesi'á.She wants to be President.
    • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Makkot 10b:
      בדרך שאדם רוצה לילך בה מוליכין אותו.
      baderekh she'adam rotze leilekh ba molikhin oto.
      A man is sent in the direction he wants to go.
  2. (Biblical Hebrew) accept, choose
    • Tanach, 1 Chronicles 28:4, with translation of the King James Version:
      [] כִּי בִיהוּדָה בָּחַר לְנָגִיד וּבְבֵית יְהוּדָה בֵּית אָבִי וּבִבְנֵי אָבִי בִּי רָצָה לְהַמְלִיךְ עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל׃
      [] for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:

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Verb[edit]

רִצָּה (ritsá) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of ריצה

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