החשיך

Hebrew

Root
ח־שׁ־ך (kh-sh-k)
5 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

הֶחְשִׁיךְ • (hekhshíkh) (hif'il construction, passive counterpart הוחשך / הֻחְשַׁךְ)

  1. (intransitive) to become dark
  2. (transitive) to darken or black out
  3. (Mishnaic Hebrew) to wait for the darkfall
    • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Shabbat, section 23.3:
      אין מחשיכין על התחום לשכור פועלים
      One must not walk to the extreme end of the Sabbath limit to await the darkfall for the purpose of hiring workmen.

Conjugation

Conjugation of הֶחְשִׁיךְ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לְהַחְשִׁיךְ
action noun הַחְשָׁכָה
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first הֶחְשַׁכְתִּי הֶחְשַׁכְנוּ
second הֶחְשַׁכְתָּ הֶחְשַׁכְתְּ הֶחְשַׁכְתֶּם הֶחְשַׁכְתֶּן
third הֶחְשִׁיךְ הֶחְשִׁיכָה הֶחְשִׁיכוּ
present מַחְשִׁיךְ מַחְשִׁיכָה מַחְשִׁיכִים מַחְשִׁיכוֹת
future first אַחְשִׁיךְ נַחְשִׁיךְ
second תַּחְשִׁיךְ תַּחְשִׁיכִי תַּחְשִׁיכוּ תַּחְשֵׁכְנָה1
third יַחְשִׁיךְ תַּחְשִׁיךְ יַחְשִׁיכוּ תַּחְשֵׁכְנָה1
imperative positive הַחְשֵׁךְ הַחְשִׁיכִי הַחְשִׁיכוּ הַחְשֵׁכְנָה1
negative אַל + Second person future tense

1 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903), A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 510
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