רצה

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Hebrew

Root
ר־צ־ה (r-ts-h)

Etymology

Compare Arabic رَضِيَ (raḍiya).

Pronunciation

Verb

רָצָה • (ratsá) (pa'al construction, infinitive לִרְצוֹת)

  1. To want.
    אני חושב שזה בדיוק מה שרציתי ― ani khoshev sheze bidyuk ma sheratsiti. ― I think that's exactly what I wanted.
    אם תרצו אין זו אגדה. ― im tirtsú ein zo agadá. ― If you want it, it is not a legend.
    היא רוצה להיות נשיאה. ― hi rotsá lihyot nesi'á. ― She wants to be President.
    • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Makkot 10b:
      בדרך שאדם רוצה לילך בה מוליכין אותו.
      baderekh she'adam rotze leilekh ba molikhin oto.
      A man is sent in the direction he wants to go.
  2. (Biblical Hebrew) accept, choose
    • Tanach, 1 Chronicles 28:4, with translation of the King James Version:
      […] כִּי בִיהוּדָה בָּחַר לְנָגִיד וּבְבֵית יְהוּדָה בֵּית אָבִי וּבִבְנֵי אָבִי בִּי רָצָה לְהַמְלִיךְ עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל׃
      for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:

Conjugation

Conjugation of רָצָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first רָצִיתִי רָצִינוּ
second רָצִיתָ רָצִית רְצִיתֶם1 רְצִיתֶן1
third רָצָה רָצְתָה רָצוּ
present רוֹצֶה רוֹצָה רוֹצִים רוֹצוֹת
future first אֶרְצֶה נִרְצֶה
second תִּרְצֶה תִּרְצִי תִּרְצוּ תִּרְצֶינָה2
third יִרְצֶה תִּרְצֶה יִרְצוּ תִּרְצֶינָה2
imperative רְצֵה רְצִי רְצוּ רְצֶינָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced רָצִיתֶם and רָצִיתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

Verb

רִצָּה • (ritsá) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of ריצה

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