הרג

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Hebrew

Root
ה־ר־ג (h-r-g)

Pronunciation

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Verb

הָרַג • (harág) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נֶהֱרַג)

  1. to kill (put to death).
    • c. 700 BCE, Genesis 4:14:
      הֵן֩ גֵּרַ֨שְׁתָּ אֹתִ֜י הַיּ֗וֹם מֵעַל֙ פְּנֵ֣י הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה וּמִפָּנֶ֖יךָ אֶסָּתֵ֑ר וְהָיִ֜יתִי נָ֤ע וָנָד֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ וְהָיָ֥ה כָל־מֹֽצְאִ֖י יַֽהַרְגֵֽנִי
      Here you have driven me from the face of the earth, and from you I will be hidden, and I will be a wanderer and an exile on the land, and it will happen that whoever finds me will kill me.
    • 1994, The Lion King, spoken by Scar (Eli Gorenstein):
      אני הרגתי את מופסה!
      Aní harágti et Mufása!
      I killed Mufasa!
  2. (informal) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    אתה הורג אותי.
    atá horég otí.
    You're killing me.
  3. (הֹרֵג, horég) masculine singular present participle and present tense of הָרַג
    • Tanach, Exodus 4:23, with Young's Literal Translation:
      הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי הֹרֵג אֶת־בִּנְךָ בְּכֹרֶך
      hinnē ānoḵī hōrēḡ eṯ-binḵā bəḵōréḵā
      lo, I am slaying thy son, thy first-born
  4. (הָרֹג, haróg) infinitive absolute of הָרַג

Conjugation

Conjugation of הָרַג (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first הָרַגְתִּי הָרַגְנוּ
second הָרַגְתָּ הָרַגְתְּ הֲרַגְתֶּם1 הֲרַגְתֶּן1
third הָרַג הָרְגָה הָרְגוּ
present הוֹרֵג הוֹרֶגֶת הוֹרְגִים הוֹרְגוֹת
future first אהרוג / אֶהֱרֹג נהרוג / נַהֲרֹג
second תהרוג / תַּהֲרֹג תַּהַרְגִי תַּהַרְגוּ תהרוגנה / תַּהֲרֹגְנָה2
third יהרוג / יַהֲרֹג תהרוג / תַּהֲרֹג יַהַרְגוּ תהרוגנה / תַּהֲרֹגְנָה2
imperative הרוג / הֲרֹג הִרְגִי הִרְגוּ הרוגנה / הֲרֹגְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced הָרַגְתֶּם and הָרַגְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • →⇒ Yiddish: הרגענען (hargenen)

Further reading

Noun

הֶרֶג • (héreg) m

  1. (uncountable) killing, murder, slaughter, massacre

Synonyms

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