חס
Hebrew
| Root |
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| ח־ו־ס (ḥ-w-s) |
Verb
חָס • (khas) (pa'al construction)
- (literary) to pity, to have mercy
- 1919, Hayim Nahman Bialik, Aftermath 1
- כאפרוח יתום תעיתי בדד מסביב לקִנִּי, אבי ואמי עזבוני ועין לא חסה עלי.
- As a chicken orphan I wandered alone around my nest, my father and mother left me and no eye had mercy on me.
- a. 500 B.C.E., Deuteronomy 19:21, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וְלֹ֥א תָחֹ֖וס עֵינֶ֑ךָ נֶ֣פֶשׁ בְּנֶ֗פֶשׁ עַ֤יִן בְּעַ֙יִן֙ שֵׁ֣ן בְּשֵׁ֔ן יָ֥ד בְּיָ֖ד רֶ֥גֶל בְּרָֽגֶל׃
- And thine eye shall not pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
- (literary) to save, to spare, to go easy on
Conjugation
Conjugation of חָס (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
| non-finite forms |
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| finite forms | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||
| past | first | חַסְתִּי | חַסְנוּ | ||
| second | חַסְתָּ | חַסְתְּ | חַסְתֶּם | חַסְתֶּן | |
| third | חָס | חָסָה | חָסוּ | ||
| present | חָס | חָסָה | חָסִים | חָסוֹת | |
| future | first | אָחוּס | נָחוּס | ||
| second | תָּחוּס | תָּחוּסִי | תָּחוּסוּ | תחוסנה / תָּחֹסְנָה1 | |
| third | יָחוּס | תָּחוּס | יָחוּסוּ | תחוסנה / תָּחֹסְנָה1 | |
| imperative | חוּס | חוּסִי | חוּסוּ | חוסנה / חֹסְנָה1 | |
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References
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