הצטרך

Hebrew

Root
צ־ר־ך (ṣ-r-k)

Verb

הִצְטָרֵךְ • (hitstarékh) third-singular masculine past (hitpa'el construction, infinitive לְהִצְטָרֵךְ)

1. To need.

   בִּקֵּשׁ מִמֶּנִּי יוֹתֵר כֶּסֶף מִמָּה שֶׁבֶּאֱמֶת הוּא הִצְטָרֵךְ.

   bikésh miméni yotér késef mimá shebe'emét hu hitstarékh.

   He asked me for more money than he really needed.

2. To need to, have to, be obligated to (do something), should.

   בַּעֲלֵי מִשְׂרָדִים יִצְטָרְכוּ לְצַיֵּת לַחֹק הֶחָדָשׁ בְּעוֹד חֹדֶשׁ.

   ba'alé misradím yitstarkhú letsayét lakhók hekhadásh b'ód khódesh.

   Office owners will have to obey the new law in one month.

Usage notes

• Usually and especially in the present tense, this verb is not used; the adjective צָרִיךְ (tsaríkh) is used in much the same way as a present-tense verb. For the past, future, and imperative forms; the corresponding forms of the verb הָיָה (hayá) + the adjective צָרִיךְ (tsaríkh) are used instead.

Conjugation

Conjugation of הִצְטָרֵךְ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לְהִצְטָרֵךְ action noun: הִצְטָרְכוּת
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	הִצְטָרַכְתִּי		הִצְטָרַכְנוּ
	second	הִצְטָרַכְתָּ	הִצְטָרַכְתְּ	הִצְטָרַכְתֶּם	הִצְטָרַכְתֶּן
	third	הִצְטָרֵךְ	הִצְטָרְכָה	הִצְטָרְכוּ
present		מִצְטָרֵךְ	מִצְטָרֶכֶת	מִצְטָרְכִים	מִצְטָרְכוֹת
future	first	אֶצְטָרֵךְ		נִצְטָרֵךְ
	second	תִּצְטָרֵךְ	תִּצְטָרְכִי	תִּצְטָרְכוּ	תִּצְטָרֵכְנָה1
	third	יִצְטָרֵךְ	תִּצְטָרֵךְ	יִצְטָרְכוּ	תִּצְטָרֵכְנָה1
imperative		הִצְטָרֵךְ	הִצְטָרְכִי	הִצְטָרְכוּ	הִצְטָרֵכְנָה1
notes		Rare in Modern Hebrew.