רץ

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ר־ו־ץ (r-w-ts)

Compare Ge'ez ሮጸ (roṣä, “to run”).

In the chess sense, likely a semantic loan from German Läufer.

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʁat͡s/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

רָץ • (rats) (pa'al construction)

1. To run; to move forward quickly on legs.

   הוא רץ מהר. ― hu rats mahér. ― He runs/is running fast.

2. To run; to go fast, to visit quickly.

   רצתי לחנות. ― rátsti lakhanút. ― I ran to the store.

Conjugation

Conjugation of רָץ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לָרוּץ action noun: רִיצָה
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	רַצְתִּי		רַצְנוּ
	second	רַצְתָּ	רַצְתְּ	רַצְתֶּם	רַצְתֶּן
	third	רָץ	רָצָה	רָצוּ
present		רָץ	רָצָה	רָצִים	רָצוֹת
future	first	אָרוּץ		נָרוּץ
	second	תָּרוּץ	תָּרוּצִי	תָּרוּצוּ	תרוצנה / תָּרֹצְנָה1
	third	יָרוּץ	תָּרוּץ	יָרוּצוּ	תרוצנה / תָּרֹצְנָה1
imperative		רוּץ	רוּצִי	רוּצוּ	רוצנה / רֹצְנָה1
notes		Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

• H7323 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Noun

רָץ • (rats) m

1. A runner: a messenger who runs on foot.
2. A runner: one who competes in a foot-race.
3. A stripe, a band.
4. (chess) bishop