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Verb Conjugation To envy, to be jealous of (ב-) לְקַנֵּא

Verb
Root:

ק - נ - א

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

to envy, to be jealous of (ב-)

Singular

Plural

Word Form

Person

Masculine

Feminine

Masculine

Feminine

Present Tense

מְקַנֵּא

mekane

I / you m. sg. / he / it envy(-ies)

מְקַנְּאָה

mekan'a

I / you f. sg. / she / it envy(-ies)

מְקַנְּאִים

mekan'im

we / you m. pl. / they m. envy

מְקַנְּאוֹת

mekan'ot

we / you f. pl. / they f. envy

Past Tense

1st

קִנֵּאתִי ~ קינאתי

kineti

I envied

קִנֵּאנוּ ~ קינאנו

kinenu

we envied

2nd

קִנֵּאתָ ~ קינאת

kineta

you m. sg. envied

קִנֵּאת ~ קינאת

kinet

you f. sg. envied

קִנֵּאתֶם ~ קינאתם

kinetem

you m. pl. envied

קִנֵּאתֶן ~ קינאתן

kineten

you f. pl. envied

3rd

קִנֵּא ~ קינא

kine

he / it envied

קִנְּאָה ~ קינאה

kin'a

she / it envied

קִנְּאוּ ~ קינאו

kin'u

they envied

Future Tense

1st

אֲקַנֵּא

akane

I will envy

נְקַנֵּא

nekane

we will envy

2nd

תְּקַנֵּא

tekane

you m. sg. will envy

תְּקַנְּאִי

tekan'i

you f. sg. will envy

תְּקַנְּאוּ

tekan'u

you m. pl. will envy

תְּקַנֶּאנָה

tekanena

you f. pl. will envy

3rd

יְקַנֵּא

yekane

he / it will envy

תְּקַנֵּא

tekane

she / it will envy

יְקַנְּאוּ

yekan'u

they m. will envy

תְּקַנֶּאנָה

tekanena

they f. will envy

Imperative

קַנֵּא!‏

kane!

(to a man) envy!

קַנְּאִי!‏

kan'i!

(to a woman) envy!

קַנְּאוּ!‏

kan'u!

(to men) envy!

קַנֶּאנָה!‏

kanena!

(to women) envy!

Infinitive

לְקַנֵּא

lekane

to envy

See Also

Word

Root

Part of speech

Meaning

לְהִתְקַנֵּא
lehitkane

ק - נ - א

Verb

to envy, to be jealous of (ב-)

לְקַנֵּא
lekane

ק - נ - א

Verb

to envy, to be jealous of (ב-)

קַנָּא
kana

ק - נ - א

Noun

jealous, zealous (as an epithet of God)

קִנְאָה
kin'a

ק - נ - א

Noun

envy, jealousy