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נכנס

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נִכְנַס (nikhnás) (nif'al construction)

  1. (intransitive) To enter; to go in or come in [with ל־ (l'-) ‘to’].
    • a. 500 CE, Genesis Rabbah, 70:5:
      עקילס הגר נכנס אצל רבי אליעזר.
      Akilas the proselyte entered to Rabbi Eliezer
  2. (intransitive) To enter (a state) [with ל־ (l'-) ‘to’].
    נכנס לתוקףnikhnás l'tókefwent into effect
    נכנסה להריוןnikhn'sá l'herayónbecame pregnant
    • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud. Ta'anit, section 29.1:
      כשם שמשנכנס אב ממעטין בשמחה כך משנכנס אדר מרבין בשמחה
      k'shém sh'mishenikhnás av mam'itín b'simkhá kakh mishenikhnás adár marbín b'simkhá
      Just like as soon as Av begins, we decrease in happiness, so too as soon as Adar begins, we increase in happiness.
  3. (colloquial) To bump into, to collide (someone or something) [with ב־ (b'-) ‘in’].
    נסעתי על כביש 6, ונכנסה בי משאיתnasáti al kvish shesh, v'nikhnesá bi masa'ítI was driving on Road 6, and a truck collided with my car
  4. (colloquial) To work in (to work out using a machine in between the sets of someone who is already using that machine)
    בדיוק התחלתי. רוצה להיכנס?I just started. Do you want to work in?

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