שימש

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Hebrew

Root
שׁ־מ־שׁ (sh-m-sh)

Pronunciation

Verb

שימש / שִׁמֵּשׁ • (shimésh) (pi'el construction)

  1. to serve, be used
    • 2012 November 22, אורית אופיר,‎ “מרזה ומלא סידן: למה החומוס בריא לכם” (m'razé umalé sidán: láma hakhúmus barí lakhém, “Slimming and full of calcium: why chickpeas are good for you”), in Ynet:
      חומוס הוא אחת הקטניות הראשונות ששימשו למאכל אדם, […]
      khúmus hú akhát hakitniyót harishonót sheshim'shú l'ma'akhál-adám,
      The chickpea was one of the first legumes to be used as human food,

Conjugation

Conjugation of שימש / שִׁמֵּשׁ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first שימשתי / שִׁמַּשְׁתִּי שימשנו / שִׁמַּשְׁנוּ
second שימשת / שִׁמַּשְׁתָּ שימשת / שִׁמַּשְׁתְּ שימשתם / שִׁמַּשְׁתֶּם שימשתן / שִׁמַּשְׁתֶּן
third שימש / שִׁמֵּשׁ שימשה / שִׁמְּשָׁה שימשו / שִׁמְּשׁוּ
present מְשַׁמֵּשׁ מְשַׁמֶּשֶׁת מְשַׁמְּשִׁים מְשַׁמְּשׁוֹת
future first אֲשַׁמֵּשׁ נְשַׁמֵּשׁ
second תְּשַׁמֵּשׁ תְּשַׁמְּשִׁי תְּשַׁמְּשׁוּ תְּשַׁמֵּשְׁנָה1
third יְשַׁמֵּשׁ תְּשַׁמֵּשׁ יְשַׁמְּשׁוּ תְּשַׁמֵּשְׁנָה1
imperative שַׁמֵּשׁ שַׁמְּשִׁי שַׁמְּשׁוּ שַׁמֵּשְׁנָה1
notes
  1. Rare in Modern Hebrew.
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