רעב

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ר־ע־ב (r-ʿ-b)
1 term

Related to Arabic رَغِبَ (raḡiba, “to desire”).

Pronunciation

• (רָעֵב, ra'év) (adjective):
  • (Modern Israeli) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈ(ʔ)ev/
• (רָעָב, ra'áv) (noun):
  • (Modern Israeli) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈ(ʔ)av/
• (רָעַב, ra'áv) (verb):
  • (Modern Israeli) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈ(ʔ)av/

Adjective

רָעֵב • (ra'év) (feminine רְעֵבָה, masculine plural רְעֵבִים, feminine plural רְעֵבוֹת) [pattern: קָטֵל]

1. hungry (desirous of food)

Noun

רָעָב • (ra'áv) m (no plural forms, singular construct רְעַב־) [pattern: קָטָל]

1. hunger

References

• H7458 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Verb

רָעַב • (ra'áv) (pa'al construction)

1. to hunger, to be malnourished

Conjugation

Conjugation of רָעַב (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לרעוב / לִרְעֹב
		action noun		—
		passive participle		—
finite forms		singular		plural
		m	f	m	f
past	first	רָעַבְתִּי		רָעַבְנוּ
	second	רָעַבְתָּ	רָעַבְתְּ	רְעַבְתֶּם1	רְעַבְתֶּן1
	third	רָעַב	רָעֲבָה	רָעֲבוּ
present		רָעֵב	רְעֵבָה	רְעֵבִים	רְעֵבוֹת
future	first	אֶרְעַב		נִרְעַב
	second	תִּרְעַב	תִּרְעֲבִי	תִּרְעֲבוּ	תִּרְעַבְנָה2
	third	יִרְעַב	תִּרְעַב	יִרְעֲבוּ	תִּרְעַבְנָה2
imperative	positive	רְעַב	רַעֲבִי	רַעֲבוּ	רְעַבְנָה2
	negative	אַל + Second person future tense

¹ Commonly pronounced רָעַבְתֶּם and רָעַבְתֶּן in Modern Hebrew (by analogy with other past forms).
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Anagrams

• בער, עבר, ערב, רבע