בחר

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
ב־ח־ר‎ (b-ḥ-r)

From the root ב־ח־ר‎ (b-ḥ-r), in the pa`al conjugation.

Pronunciation

Verb

בָּחַר • (bakhár) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִבְחַר‎)

  1. to choose, to opt, to select.
    • 2019 October 31, Naomi Niddam, Local Call‎:
      ‏את ספרו החשוב הראשון פירסם בישראל בשנות ה-70, ובחר לכתוב אותו בערבית ספרותית‎
      He published his first important book in Israel in the 70s, and chose to write it in Literary Arabic.
  2. to prefer
  3. to appoint

Conjugation
Conjugation of בָּחַר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first בָּחַרְתִּי‎בָּחַרְנוּ‎
second בָּחַרְתָּ‎בָּחַרְתְּ‎בְּחַרְתֶּם‎1בְּחַרְתֶּן‎1
third בָּחַרבָּחֲרָה‎בָּחֲרוּ‎
present בּוֹחֵר‎בּוֹחֶרֶת‎בּוֹחֲרִים‎בּוֹחֲרוֹת‎
future first אֶבְחַר‎נִבְחַר‎
second תִּבְחַר‎תִּבְחֲרִי‎תִּבְחֲרוּ‎תִּבְחַרְנָה‎2
third יִבְחַר‎תִּבְחַר‎יִבְחֲרוּ‎תִּבְחַרְנָה‎2
imperative בְּחַרבַּחֲרִי‎בַּחֲרוּ‎בְּחַרְנָה‎2
notes
  1. Pronounced בָּחַרְתֶּם‎ and בָּחַרְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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