התנצל

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Hebrew

Root
נ־צ־ל (n-ts-l)

Verb

הִתְנַצֵּל • (hitnatsél) (hitpa'el construction)

  1. to apologize
  2. (biblical, outdated) to strip, to take off from oneself.
    • Tanach, Exodus 33:6, with translation of the American Standard Version:
      :וַיִּתְנַצְּלוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת עֶדְיָם מֵהַר חוֹרֵב
      wayyit̲naṣṣəlû b̲ənê yiśrāʾēl ʾet̲ ʿed̲yām mēhar ḥôrēb̲
      vayitnats'lú v'néi yisra'él et edyám mehár khorév
      And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from mount Horeb onward.

Conjugation

Conjugation of הִתְנַצֵּל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first הִתְנַצַּלְתִּי הִתְנַצַּלְנוּ
second הִתְנַצַּלְתָּ הִתְנַצַּלְתְּ הִתְנַצַּלְתֶּם הִתְנַצַּלְתֶּן
third הִתְנַצֵּל הִתְנַצְּלָה הִתְנַצְּלוּ
present מִתְנַצֵּל מִתְנַצֶּלֶת מִתְנַצְּלִים מִתְנַצְּלוֹת
future first אֶתְנַצֵּל נִתְנַצֵּל
second תִּתְנַצֵּל תִּתְנַצְּלִי תִּתְנַצְּלוּ תִּתְנַצֵּלְנָה1
third יִתְנַצֵּל תִּתְנַצֵּל יִתְנַצְּלוּ תִּתְנַצֵּלְנָה1
imperative הִתְנַצֵּל הִתְנַצְּלִי הִתְנַצְּלוּ הִתְנַצֵּלְנָה1
notes
  1. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

References

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