הסתכל

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Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ס־כ־ל (s-k-l)

Hitpa'el construction of root ס־כ־ל (“to regard, consider”); compare שׂ־כ־ל.

Verb

הִסְתַּכֵּל • (histakél) third-singular masculine past (hitpa'el construction)

  1. to look (at)

Usage notes

  • It is followed by ב־, usually translated "at", so that the verb is usually translated just "look".

Conjugation

Conjugation of הִסְתַּכֵּל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first הִסְתַּכַּלְתִּי הִסְתַּכַּלְנוּ
second הִסְתַּכַּלְתָּ הִסְתַּכַּלְתְּ הִסְתַּכַּלְתֶּם הִסְתַּכַּלְתֶּן
third הִסְתַּכֵּל הִסְתַּכְּלָה הִסְתַּכְּלוּ
present מִסְתַּכֵּל מִסְתַּכֶּלֶת מִסְתַּכְּלִים מִסְתַּכְּלוֹת
future first אֶסְתַּכֵּל נִסְתַּכֵּל
second תִּסְתַּכֵּל תִּסְתַּכְּלִי תִּסְתַּכְּלוּ תִּסְתַּכֵּלְנָה1
third יִסְתַּכֵּל תִּסְתַּכֵּל יִסְתַּכְּלוּ תִּסְתַּכֵּלְנָה1
imperative הִסְתַּכֵּל הִסְתַּכְּלִי הִסְתַּכְּלוּ הִסְתַּכֵּלְנָה1
notes
  1. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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