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חשב

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See also: ח־ש־ב

Aramaic

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Verb

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חשב (transliteration needed)

  1. to think

Descendants

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  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܫܒ (ḥāšēḇ)
  • Classical Syriac: ܚܫܒ

Hebrew

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Etymology

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Root
ח־שׁ־ב (kh-sh-b)
13 terms

Compare Arabic حَسَبَ (ḥasaba, to reckon, compute), Egyptian ḥsb (to calculate, to count).

Pronunciation

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  • (חָשַׁב, khasháv) (pa'al verb):

Verb

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חָשַׁב (khasháv) (pa'al construction, passive participle חָשׁוּב, passive counterpart נֶחְשַׁב)

  1. to think
    אני לא רוצה לחשוב על מה שיקרה אם הוא לא יבוא מחר.
    ani lo rotse lakhshov al ma sheyikre im hu lo yavo makhar.
    I don't want to think about what will happen if he doesn't arrive tomorrow.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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Noun

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חַשָּׁב (khashávm (feminine counterpart חַשֶּׁבֶת) [pattern: קַטָּל]

  1. an accountant

Declension

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Synonyms

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References

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  • "חשב" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Verb

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חִשֵּׁב (khishév) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of חישב: to compute.

Verb

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חֻשַּׁב (khusháv) (pu'al construction)

  1. defective spelling of חושב: to be calculate.