תקווה
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Hebrew
| Root |
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| ק־ו־ה (q-w-h) |
Pronunciation
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Noun
תקווה / תִּקְוָה • (tikvá) f (plural indefinite תִּקְווֹת, singular construct תקוות / תִּקְוַת־)
- (countable and uncountable) hope
- Tanach, Jeremiah 31:17, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וְיֵשׁ־תִּקְוָה לְאַחֲרִיתֵךְ נְאֻם־יְהוָה וְשָׁבוּ בָנִים לִגְבוּלָֽם׃
- And there is hope for thy future, saith the Lord; And thy children shall return to their own border.
- 2019, 13:37 from the start, in Our Boys, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Simon (Shlomi Elkabetz):
- ישך פה בלון שמתנפח ומתנפח, תקווה, תקווה, תקווה.
- It's a balloon that keeps getting bigger, hope, hope, hope.
Declension
Declension of תקווה / תִּקְוָה
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| State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
| singular | indefinite | תקווה / תִּקְוָה | first | תקוותי / תִּקְוָתִי | תקוותנו / תִּקְוָתֵנוּ | ||
| definite | התקווה / הַתִּקְוָה | second | תקוותך / תִּקְוָתְךָ | תקוותך / תִּקְוָתֵךְ | תקוותכם / תִּקְוַתְכֶם | תקוותכן / תִּקְוַתְכֶן | |
| construct | תקוות־ / תִּקְוַת־ | third | תקוותו / תִּקְוָתוֹ | תקוותה / תִּקְוָתָהּ | תקוותם / תִּקְוָתָם | תקוותן / תִּקְוָתָן | |
| plural | indefinite | תִּקְווֹת | first | תקוותיי / תִּקְווֹתַי | תִּקְווֹתֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַתִּקְווֹת | second | תִּקְווֹתֶיךָ | תקוותייך / תִּקְווֹתַיִךְ | תִּקְווֹתֵיכֶם | תִּקְווֹתֵיכֶן | |
| construct | תִּקְווֹת־ | third | תִּקְווֹתָיו | תִּקְווֹתֶיהָ | תִּקְווֹתָם | תִּקְווֹתָן | |
Derived terms
- פתח תקווה / פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה (pétakh tikvá)
Proper noun
התקווה / הַתִּקְוָה • (hatikvá)
- Hatikvah, the national anthem of Israel.
References
- H8615 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- “תקווה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
תקווה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he- התקווה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
