בחר

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Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ב־ח־ר (b-ḥ-r)

From the root ב־ח־ר (b-ḥ-r), in the pa`al conjugation.

Pronunciation

Verb

בָּחַר • (bakhár) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִבְחַר)

  1. to choose, to opt, to select.
    • 2019 October 31, Naomi Niddam, Local Call‎:
      את ספרו החשוב הראשון פירסם בישראל בשנות ה-70, ובחר לכתוב אותו בערבית ספרותית
      He published his first important book in Israel in the 70s, and chose to write it in Literary Arabic.
  2. to prefer
  3. to appoint

Conjugation

Conjugation of בָּחַר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first בָּחַרְתִּי בָּחַרְנוּ
second בָּחַרְתָּ בָּחַרְתְּ בְּחַרְתֶּם1 בְּחַרְתֶּן1
third בָּחַר בָּחֲרָה בָּחֲרוּ
present בּוֹחֵר בּוֹחֶרֶת בּוֹחֲרִים בּוֹחֲרוֹת
future first אֶבְחַר נִבְחַר
second תִּבְחַר תִּבְחֲרִי תִּבְחֲרוּ תִּבְחַרְנָה2
third יִבְחַר תִּבְחַר יִבְחֲרוּ תִּבְחַרְנָה2
imperative בְּחַר בַּחֲרִי בַּחֲרוּ בְּחַרְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced בָּחַרְתֶּם and בָּחַרְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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