חלב

Aramaic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḥalīb-.

Verb

חלב • (transliteration needed)

  1. to milk

Hebrew

Etymology 1
Root
ח־ל־ב‎ (ḥ-l-b)

From Proto-Semitic *ḥalīb-. Cognate with Arabic حلب‎.

Noun

חָלָב • (khaláv) m (plural indefinite חֲלָבִים‎, singular construct חֲלֵב־, plural construct חַלְבֵי־‎) [pattern: קָטָל]

  1. milk (the liquid)
Derived terms

Verb

חָלַב • (khaláv) (pa'al construction)

  1. to milk
  2. (slang) to obtain information
  3. (slang) to squeeze every last drop out, to extort
Conjugation
Conjugation of חָלַב (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לחלוב / לַחֲלֹב‎
  • action noun: חֲלִיבָה‎
  • passive participle: —
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first חָלַבְתִּי‎חָלַבְנוּ‎
second חָלַבְתָּ‎חָלַבְתְּ‎חֲלַבְתֶּם‎1חֲלַבְתֶּן‎1
third חָלַבחָלְבָה‎חָלְבוּ‎
present חוֹלֵב‎חוֹלֶבֶת‎חוֹלְבִים‎חוֹלְבוֹת‎
future first אחלוב / אֶחֱלֹב‎נחלוב / נַחֲלֹב‎
second תחלוב / תַּחֲלֹב‎תַּחַלְבִי‎תַּחַלְבוּ‎תחלובנה / תַּחֲלֹבְנָה‎2
third יחלוב / יַחֲלֹב‎תחלוב / תַּחֲלֹב‎יַחַלְבוּ‎תחלובנה / תַּחֲלֹבְנָה‎2
imperative חלוב / חֲלֹב‎חִלְבִי‎חִלְבוּ‎חלובנה / חֲלֹבְנָה‎2
notes
  1. Pronounced חָלַבְתֶּם‎ and חָלַבְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Further reading

Etymology 2
Root
ח־ל־ב‎ (ḥ-l-b)

Noun

חֵלֶב • (khélev) m (singular construct חֵלֶב־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

  1. (Judaism) Particular animal fats forbidden for consumption by Jewish law.
  2. (by extension) The best part (of something).
    • Genesis 45:18,
      חֵלֶב הָאָרֶץ
      the best part of the land

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