חדר

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Aramaic

Verb

חדר • (transliteration needed)

  1. to wander
  2. to beg

Hebrew

Root
ח־ד־ר (kh-d-r)

Etymology

Compare Arabic خَدَرَ (ḵadara, “to hide, conceal”) and Arabic خِدْر (ḵidr, “curtain, drape, screen, cover”)

Pronunciation

Noun

חֶדֶר • (khéder) m (plural indefinite חֲדָרִים, singular construct חֲדַר־, plural construct חַדְרֵי־)

  1. (countable) room
    ישבתי בחדרי. ― yashávti bekhadrí ― I sat in my room.
    נכנסנו לחדר גדול ועגול. ― nichnásnu lekhéder gadól ve'agól ― We entered into a big and round room.
    הם גרים בדירה בעלת ארבעה חדרים. ― hem garím bedirá baʿlát ʾarbaʿá khadarím ― They live in a flat with four rooms.
  2. (education, Judaism) cheder
  3. (anatomy) ventricle (lower cavity of the heart)
  4. (חֲדַר־, khadár-) singular construct state form of חֶדֶר‎: room of.
    חֲדַר אוֹרְחִים ― khadár orkhím ― guestroom
    חֲדַר שֵׁינָה ― khadár shená ― bedroom
    חֲדַר אוֹכֶל ― khadár ʾóchel ― dining room

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Verb

חָדַר • (khadár) (pa'al construction, future יחדור / יַחְדֹּר, passive counterpart נֶחְדַּר)

  1. To penetrate.
  2. To invade.

Conjugation

Conjugation of חָדַר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first חָדַרְתִּי חָדַרְנוּ
second חָדַרְתָּ חָדַרְתְּ חֲדַרְתֶּם1 חֲדַרְתֶּן1
third חָדַר חָדְרָה חָדְרוּ
present חוֹדֵר חוֹדֶרֶת חוֹדְרִים חוֹדְרוֹת
future first אחדור / אֶחֱדֹר נחדור / נַחֲדֹר
second תחדור / תַּחֲדֹר תַּחַדְרִי תַּחַדְרוּ תחדורנה / תַּחֲדֹרְנָה2
third יחדור / יַחֲדֹר תחדור / תַּחֲדֹר יַחַדְרוּ תחדורנה / תַּחֲדֹרְנָה2
imperative חדור / חֲדֹר חִדְרִי חִדְרוּ חדורנה / חֲדֹרְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced חָדַרְתֶּם and חָדַרְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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Conjugation of חָדַר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first חָדַרְתִּי חָדַרְנוּ
second חָדַרְתָּ חָדַרְתְּ חֲדַרְתֶּם1 חֲדַרְתֶּן1
third חָדַר חָדְרָה חָדְרוּ
present חוֹדֵר חוֹדֶרֶת חוֹדְרִים חוֹדְרוֹת
future first אחדור / אֶחְדֹּר נחדור / נַחְדֹּר
second תחדור / תַּחְדֹּר תַּחְדְּרִי תַּחְדְּרוּ תחדורנה / תַּחְדֹּרְנָה2
third יחדור / יַחְדֹּר תחדור / תַּחְדֹּר יַחְדְּרוּ תחדורנה / תַּחְדֹּרְנָה2
imperative חדור / חֲדֹר חִדְרִי חִדְרוּ חדורנה / חֲדֹרְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced חָדַרְתֶּם and חָדַרְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

References

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew חֶדֶר (khéder, “room”).

Noun

חדר • (kheyder) m, plural חדרים (khadorim)

  1. (education, Judaism) cheder (an elementary school for Jewish children, teaching basic Judaism and Hebrew)
  2. (countable) room
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