רצה

Hebrew
Root
ר־צ־ה‎ (r-ṣ-h)

Etymology

Compare Arabic رَضِيَ‎ (raḍiya).

Pronunciation

Verb

רָצָה • (ratsá) (pa'al construction, infinitive לִרְצוֹת‎)

  1. To want.
    ‏אני חושב שזה בדיוק מה שרציתי‎‎ ― ani khoshev sheze bidyuk ma sheratsiti. ― I think that's exactly what I wanted.
    ‏אם תרצו אין זו אגדה.‎‎ ― im tirtsú ein zo agadá. ― If you [plural] want it, it is not a legend.
    ‏היא רוצה להיות נשיאה.‎‎ ― hi rotsá lihyot nesi'á. ― She wants to be President.
    • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Makkot 10b:
      ‏בדרך שאדם רוצה לילך בה מוליכין אותו.‎‎
      baderekh she'adam rotze leilekh ba molikhin oto.
      A man is sent in the direction he wants to go.
  2. (Biblical Hebrew) accept, choose
    • c. 450–435 B.C.E., 1 Chronicles 28:4, with translation of the King James Version:
      ‏ […] כִּי בִיהוּדָה בָּחַר לְנָגִיד וּבְבֵית יְהוּדָה בֵּית אָבִי וּבִבְנֵי אָבִי בִּי רָצָה לְהַמְלִיךְ עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל׃‎‎
      […] for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:

Conjugation
Conjugation of רָצָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לִרְצוֹת‎
  • action noun: רְצִיָּה‎
  • passive participle: רָצוּי‎
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first רָצִיתִי‎רָצִינוּ‎
second רָצִיתָ‎רָצִית‎רְצִיתֶם‎1רְצִיתֶן‎1
third רָצָהרָצְתָה‎רָצוּ‎
present רוֹצֶה‎רוֹצָה‎רוֹצִים‎רוֹצוֹת‎
future first אֶרְצֶה‎נִרְצֶה‎
second תִּרְצֶה‎תִּרְצִי‎תִּרְצוּ‎תִּרְצֶינָה‎2
third יִרְצֶה‎תִּרְצֶה‎יִרְצוּ‎תִּרְצֶינָה‎2
imperative רְצֵהרְצִי‎רְצוּ‎רְצֶינָה‎2
notes
  1. Pronounced רָצִיתֶם‎ and רָצִיתֶן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

Verb

רִצָּה • (ritsá) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of ריצה‎

References

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