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Hebrew
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Verb
הוֹסִיף • (hosíf) (hif'il construction, passive counterpart הוּסַף)
- To add (something) to (something else).
למה לא הוסיפו מלפפון?- láma ló hosífu m'laf'fón?
- Why didn't they add cucumber?
- (literary) To continue (to do something).
1938,
Nathan Alterman,
Still the Tune Returns 7–8:
- וכבשה ואיילת תהיינה עדות \ שליטפת אותן והוספת ללכת
- vekivsá veayelét tihiyená 'edót / shelitaf'tá otán vehosaftá lalékhet
- And a sheep and a doe will be witness / that you stroked them and continued to walk
- (archaic) Coordinated with another verb to indicate that the action of that verb "adds" in some way.
Tanach, Genesis 25:1, with translation of the King James Version:וַיֹּסֶף אַבְרָהָם וַיִּקַּח אִשָּׁה וּשְׁמָהּ קְטוּרָה׃- vayósef avrahám vayikákh ishá ush'máh k'turá.
- Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name Keturah.
Conjugation