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Verb Conjugation To delay, to hinder, to prevent; to withhold לְעַכֵּב

Verb
Root:

ע - כ - ב

The first radical of this word is guttural; this affects the adjacent vowels.

to delay, to hinder, to prevent; to withhold

Singular

Plural

Word Form

Person

Masculine

Feminine

Masculine

Feminine

Present Tense

מְעַכֵּב

me'akev

I / you m. sg. / he / it delay(s)

מְעַכֶּבֶת

me'akevet

I / you f. sg. / she / it delay(s)

מְעַכְּבִים

me'akvim

we / you m. pl. / they m. delay

מְעַכְּבוֹת

me'akvot

we / you f. pl. / they f. delay

Past Tense

1st

עִכַּבְתִּי ~ עיכבתי

ikavti

I delayed

עִכַּבְנוּ ~ עיכבנו

ikavnu

we delayed

2nd

עִכַּבְתָּ ~ עיכבת

ikavta

you m. sg. delayed

עִכַּבְתְּ ~ עיכבת

ikavt

you f. sg. delayed

עִכַּבְתֶּם ~ עיכבתם

ikavtem

you m. pl. delayed

עִכַּבְתֶּן ~ עיכבתן

ikavten

you f. pl. delayed

3rd

עִכֵּב ~ עיכב

ikev

he / it delayed

עִכְּבָה ~ עיכבה

ikva

she / it delayed

עִכְּבוּ ~ עיכבו

ikvu

they delayed

Future Tense

1st

אֲעַכֵּב

a'akev

I will delay

נְעַכֵּב

ne'akev

we will delay

2nd

תְּעַכֵּב

te'akev

you m. sg. will delay

תְּעַכְּבִי

te'akvi

you f. sg. will delay

תְּעַכְּבוּ

te'akvu

you m. pl. will delay

תְּעַכֵּבְנָה

te'akevna

you f. pl. will delay

3rd

יְעַכֵּב

ye'akev

he / it will delay

תְּעַכֵּב

te'akev

she / it will delay

יְעַכְּבוּ

ye'akvu

they m. will delay

תְּעַכֵּבְנָה

te'akevna

they f. will delay

Imperative

עַכֵּב!‏

akev!

(to a man) delay!

עַכְּבִי!‏

akvi!

(to a woman) delay!

עַכְּבוּ!‏

akvu!

(to men) delay!

עַכֵּבְנָה!‏

akevna!

(to women) delay!

Infinitive

לְעַכֵּב

le'akev

to delay