נבחר

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
ב־ח־ר‎ (b-ḥ-r)

From the root ב־ח־ר‎ (b-ḥ-r). The adjective and the noun follow from the verb.

Verb

נִבְחַר • (nivkhár) (nif'al construction, active counterpart בָּחַר‎)

  1. to be chosen, to be selected
  2. to be preferred
  3. to be appointed

Conjugation
Conjugation of נִבְחַר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: להיבחר / לְהִבָּחֵר‎
  • action noun: היבחרות / הִבָּחֲרוּת‎
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first נִבְחַרְתִּי‎נִבְחַרְנוּ‎
second נִבְחַרְתָּ‎נִבְחַרְתְּ‎נִבְחַרְתֶּם‎נִבְחַרְתֶּן‎
third נִבְחַרנִבְחֲרָה‎נִבְחֲרוּ‎
present נִבְחָרנִבְחֶרֶת‎נִבְחָרִים‎נִבְחָרוֹת‎
future first אֶבָּחֵר‎ניבחר / נִבָּחֵר‎
second תיבחר / תִּבָּחֵר‎תיבחרי / תִּבָּחֲרִי‎תיבחרו / תִּבָּחֲרוּ‎תיבחרנה / תִּבָּחֵרְנָה‎1
third ייבחר / יִבָּחֵר‎תיבחר / תִּבָּחֵר‎ייבחרו / יִבָּחֲרוּ‎תיבחרנה / תִּבָּחֵרְנָה‎1
imperative היבחר / הִבָּחֵר‎היבחרי / הִבָּחֲרִי‎היבחרו / הִבָּחֲרוּ‎היבחרנה / הִבָּחֵרְנָה‎1
notes
  1. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Adjective

נִבְחָר • (nivkhár) (feminine נִבְחֶרֶת‎, masculine plural נִבְחָרִים‎, feminine plural נִבְחָרוֹת‎)

  1. chosen, elected
  2. (by extension) choice, top quality
  3. elect, incoming, designate: denoting a position to which someone has been elected, but which he or she has not yet assumed.
    ‏ראש הממשלה הנבחר‎‎ ― rósh hamemshalá hanivkhár ― the Prime Minister–elect

Noun

נִבְחָר • (nivkhár) m (plural indefinite נִבְחָרִים‎, plural construct נִבְחָרֵי־‎, feminine counterpart נִבְחֶרֶת‎)

  1. a representative, a chosen or elected person (one who speaks for another)
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