Verbs in Hebrew

Verbs are a key part of any language. The Hebrew verbs list below will help you learn common Hebrew verbs in no time. Together with other basic nouns and adjectives, this will quickly allow you to express basic things in Hebrew. For even more Hebrew verbs, take a look at our learning resources for Hebrew at the end of the page.

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Basic Hebrew Verbs
Hebrew Action Words
Movements in Hebrew
Hebrew Business Verbs

Basic Hebrew Verbs

English	Hebrew
to open in Hebrew	לפתוח (lptvh / פעל - פתח ~ p'el - pth)
to close in Hebrew	לסגור (lsgvr / פעל - סגר ~ p'el - sgr)
to sit in Hebrew	לשבת (lshbt / פעל - ישב ~ p'el - yshb)
to stand in Hebrew	לעמוד (l'emvd / פעל - עמד ~ p'el - 'emd)
to know in Hebrew	לדעת (ld'et / פעל - ידע ~ p'el - yd'e)
to think in Hebrew	לחשוב (lhshvb / פעל - חשב ~ p'el - hshb)
to win in Hebrew	לנצח (lntsh / פיעל - ניצח ~ py'el - nytsh)
to lose in Hebrew	להפסיד (lhpsyd / הפעיל - הפסיד ~ hp'eyl - hpsyd)
to ask in Hebrew	לשאול (lshavl / פעל - שאל ~ p'el - shal)
to answer in Hebrew	לענות (l'envt / פעל - ענה ~ p'el - 'enh)
to help in Hebrew	לעזור (l'ezvr / פעל - עזר ~ p'el - 'ezr)
to like in Hebrew	לחבב (lhbb / פיעל - חיבב ~ py'el - hybb)
to kiss in Hebrew	לנשק (lnshq / פיעל - נישק ~ py'el - nyshq)
to eat in Hebrew	לאכול (lakvl / פעל - אכל ~ p'el - akl)
to drink in Hebrew	לשתות (lshtvt / פעל - שתה ~ p'el - shth)

Hebrew Action Words

English	Hebrew
to take in Hebrew	לקחת (lqht / פעל - לקח ~ p'el - lqh)
to put in Hebrew	לשים (lshym / פעל - שם ~ p'el - shm)
to find in Hebrew	למצוא (lmtsva / פעל - מצא ~ p'el - mtsa)
to steal in Hebrew	לגנוב (lgnvb / פעל - גנב ~ p'el - gnb)
to kill in Hebrew	להרוג (lhrvg / פעל - הרג ~ p'el - hrg)
to fly in Hebrew	לעוף (l'evp / פעל - עף ~ p'el - 'ep)
to attack in Hebrew	לתקוף (ltqvp / פעל - תקף ~ p'el - tqp)
to defend in Hebrew	להגן (lhgn / פעל - הגן ~ p'el - hgn)
to fall in Hebrew	ליפול (lypvl / פעל - נפל ~ p'el - npl)
to choose in Hebrew	לבחור (lbhvr / פעל - בחר ~ p'el - bhr)

Movements in Hebrew

English	Hebrew
to run in Hebrew	לרוץ (lrvts / פעל - רץ ~ p'el - rts)
to swim in Hebrew	לשחות (lshhvt / פעל - שחה ~ p'el - shhh)
to jump in Hebrew	לקפוץ (lqpvts / פעל - קפץ ~ p'el - qpts)
to pull in Hebrew	למשוך (lmshvk / פעל - משך ~ p'el - mshk)
to push in Hebrew	לדחוף (ldhvp / פעל - דחף ~ p'el - dhp)
to throw in Hebrew	לזרוק (lzrvq / פעל - זרק ~ p'el - zrq)
to crawl in Hebrew	לזחול (lzhvl / פעל - זחל ~ p'el - zhl)
to fight in Hebrew	להיאבק (lhyabq / נפעל - נאבק ~ np'el - nabq)
to catch in Hebrew	לתפוס (ltpvs / פעל - תפס ~ p'el - tps)
to roll in Hebrew	לגלגל (lglgl / פיעל - גילגל ~ py'el - gylgl)

Hebrew Business Verbs

English	Hebrew
to buy in Hebrew	לקנות (lqnvt / פעל - קנה ~ p'el - qnh)
to pay in Hebrew	לשלם (lshlm / פיעל - שילם ~ py'el - shylm)
to sell in Hebrew	למכור (lmkvr / פעל - מכר ~ p'el - mkr)
to study in Hebrew	ללמוד (llmvd / פעל - למד ~ p'el - lmd)
to call in Hebrew	להתקשר (lhtqshr / התפעל - התקשר ~ htp'el - htqshr)
to read in Hebrew	לקרוא (lqrva / פעל - קרא ~ p'el - qra)
to write in Hebrew	לכתוב (lktvb / פעל - כתב ~ p'el - ktb)
to calculate in Hebrew	לחשב (lhshb / פיעל - חישב ~ py'el - hyshb)
to measure in Hebrew	למדוד (lmdvd / פעל - מדד ~ p'el - mdd)
to earn in Hebrew	להרוויח (lhrvvyh / הפעיל - הרוויח ~ hp'eyl - hrvvyh)
to count in Hebrew	לספור (lspvr / פעל - ספר ~ p'el - spr)
to scan in Hebrew	לסרוק (lsrvq / פיעל - סירק ~ py'el - syrq)
to print in Hebrew	להדפיס (lhdpys / הפעיל - הדפיס ~ hp'eyl - hdpys)

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