כמה

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Related to Arabic كَمْ‎ (kam).

Determiner

כַּמָּה • (káma)

  1. (interrogative) How much, how many.
    כמה אנשים גרים שם?‎ — káma anashím garím sham? — How many people live there?
  2. Several.
    אכלנו כמה תמרים.‎ — akhálnu káma t'marím. — We ate several dates.

Adverb

כַּמָּה • (káma)

  1. How, how much, to what extent.
    כמה את אוהבת פיצה?‎ — káma at ohévet pítsa? — How much do you love pizza?
    כמה זה גדול?‎ — káma ze gadól? — How big is it?

Etymology 2
Root
כ־מ־הּ‎

Verb

כָּמַהּ • (kamáh) (pa'al construction, infinitive לכמוה \ לִכְמֹהַּ‎, present כָּמֵהַּ, future יִכְמַהּ‎)

  1. to long, yearn
    • Psalms 63:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      ‏אֱלֹהִים אֵלִי אַתָּה אֲשַׁחֲרֶךָּ צָמְאָה לְךָ נַפְשִׁי כָּמַהּ לְךָ בְשָׂרִי בְּאֶרֶץ־צִיָּה וְעָיֵף בְּלִי־מָיִם׃‎‎
      'elohím 'elí 'atá 'ashakharéka tsam'á l'khá nafshí kamáh l'khá v'sarí b'érets-tsiyá v'ayéf b'li-máyim.
      ʾĕlōhīm ʾēlī ʾattā ʾăšaḥărékkā ṣāməʾā ləḵā nap̄šī kāmah ləḵā ḇəśārī bəʾéreṣ-ṣiyyā wəʿāyēp̄ bəlī-mā́yim.
      O God, Thou art my God, earnestly will I seek Thee; my soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh longeth for Thee, in a dry and weary land, where no water is.
Conjugation
Conjugation of כָּמַהּ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לכמוה \ לִכְמֹהַּ‎
  • action noun: כְּמִיהָה‎
  • passive participle: —
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first כָּמַהְתִּי‎כָּמַהְנוּ‎
second כָּמַהְתָּ‎כָּמַהְתְּ‎כְּמַהְתֶּם‎1כְּמַהְתֶּן‎1
third כָּמַהּכָּמְהָה‎כָּמְהוּ‎
present כָּמֵהַּכְּמֵהָה‎כְּמֵהִים‎כְּמֵהוֹת‎
future first אֶכְמַהּ‎נִכְמַהּ‎
second תִּכְמַהּ‎תִּכְמְהִי‎תִּכְמְהוּ‎תִּכְמַהְנָה‎2
third יִכְמַהּ‎תִּכְמַהּ‎יִכְמְהוּ‎תִּכְמַהְנָה‎2
imperative כְּמַהּכִּמְהִי‎כִּמְהוּ‎כְּמַהְנָה‎2
notes
  1. Pronounced כָּמַהְתֶּם‎ and כָּמַהְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Uncommon in Modern Hebrew.

Adjective

כָּמֵהַּ • (kaméah) (feminine כְּמֵהָה‎, masculine plural כְּמֵהִים‎, feminine plural כְּמֵהוֹת‎)

  1. longing, yearning

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