סלח

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Hebrew

Root
ס־ל־ח (s-l-kh)
2 terms

Verb

סָלַח • (salákh) (pa'al construction)

  1. to forgive
    • על חטא (“Al Chet”), from the Jewish liturgy of Yom Kippur
      וְעַל כֻּלָּם אֱלֽוֹהַּ סְלִיחוֹת סְלַח־לָנוּ. מְחַל־לָנוּ. כַּפֶּר־לָנוּ׃
      v'al kulám elóah s'likhót s'lákh-lánu, m'khál-lánu, kapér-lánu.
      And for all these, O God of forgiveness, forgive us, pardon us, grant us atonement.
  2. to excuse

Conjugation

Conjugation of סָלַח (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first סָלַחְתִּי סָלַחְנוּ
second סָלַחְתָּ סָלַחְתְּ סְלַחְתֶּם1 סְלַחְתֶּן1
third סָלַח סָלְחָה סָלְחוּ
present סוֹלֵחַ סוֹלַחַת סוֹלְחִים סוֹלְחוֹת
future first אֶסְלַח נִסְלַח
second תִּסְלַח תִּסְלְחִי תִּסְלְחוּ תִּסְלַחְנָה2
third יִסְלַח תִּסְלַח יִסְלְחוּ תִּסְלַחְנָה2
imperative סְלַח סִלְחִי סִלְחוּ סְלַחְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced סָלַחְתֶּם and סָלַחְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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