ܚܫܒ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Aramaic חֲשַׁב (ḥăšaḇ); compare Arabic حَسَبَ (ḥasaba, “to calculate”), Hebrew חָשַׁב (khasháv) and חִשֵּׁב (khishév).

Pronunciation

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Verb

ܚܵܫܹܒ݂ • (ḥāšēḇ) (present participle ܚܫܵܒ݂ܵܐ (ḥšāḇā), past participle ܚܫܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ (ḥšīḇā))

1. to think, think so

   ܠܹܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܒܸܚܫܵܒ݂ܵܐ ― lē ìwen biḥšāḇā ― I don’t think so

   ܠܹܐ ܒܵܥܹܝܢ ܚܵܫܒ݂ܹܢ ܥܲܠ ܡܘܿܕܝܼ ܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܹܐ ܐܸܢ ܠܹܐ ܡܵܛܹܐ ܩܘܼܕܡܹܐ.

   lē bāˁēn ḥāšḇēn ˁal mōdī bit hāwē in lē māṭē qudmē.

   I don’t want to think about what will happen if he doesn't arrive tomorrow.

   • Matthew 9:4:

     ܐܝܼܢܵܐ ܝܕܝܼܥ ܠܹܗ ܝܼܫܘܿܥ ܚܘܼܫܵܒ݂ܵܝ̈ܗܝ ܘܐ݇ܡܝܼܪܹܗ: «ܩܵܡܘܿܕܝܼ ܒܸܚܫܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܝܬܘܿܢ ܒܝܼܫܬܵܐ ܒܠܸܒܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ؟»

     īnā dīˁ lēh īšōˁ ḥūšāḇāyh w-mīrēh: “qāmōdī biḥšāḇā ìtōn bīštā b-libbāwḵōn?”

     But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts?"

2. to see as, consider, regard

   ܠܵܐ ܚܵܫܒ݂ܝܼܬܘܿܢ ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܬ݂ܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ ܢܘܼܟ݂ܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ ― lā ḥāšḇītōn nafšāṯāwḵōn nuḵrāyē ― Do not consider yourselves strangers.

Conjugation

Related terms

• ܚܲܫܒܸܢ (ḥašbin, “to calculate”)
• ܡܲܚܫܸܒ݂ (maḥšiḇ, “to take into account”)
• ܚܵܫܘܿܒ݂ܵܐ (ḥāšōḇā, “computer”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܚ-ܫ-ܒ (ḥ-š-b) related to thinking. Compare Arabic حَسَبَ (ḥasaba), Hebrew חָשַׁב (ḥāšaḇ), and Egyptian ḥsb, as well as Old Armenian հաշիւ (hašiw), an Aramaic borrowing.

Pronunciation

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Verb

ܚܫܒ • (transliteration needed)

1. to think
2. to count

   Synonym: ܡܢܝ

3. to calculate