אזרח
Hebrew
Pronunciation
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Noun
אֶזְרָח • (ezrákh) m (plural indefinite אֶזְרָחִים, singular construct אֶזְרַח־, plural construct אֶזְרְחֵי־, feminine counterpart אֶזְרָחִית)
- (biblical) a native-born Israelite.
- a citizen
- 1868, Peretz Smolenskin, התועה בדרכי החיים (The stray in the ways of life)[1]:
- – אם כן איך מלאך לבך לדרוש לתעודתי אם לא שופט וגם לא אזרח הנך פה? השיבה לי תעודתי כרגע ואם אין אלך אל השופט ואשמיעהו כי תפריע מנוחת עוברי אורח באין משפט – הוא השיב לי את התעודה בקראו: לך לעזאזל יהודי ארור! – בפיק ברכים הלכתי אל הבית השני ואפתח את הדלת לראות אם בני הבית עודם עֵרִים.
- “If so, then how did you have the nerve to demand my papers, when you are neither a judge nor even a citizen here? Return my documents to me at once, and if not, I will go to the judge and inform him that you are disturbing the peace of passersby without authority.”
He returned the document to me, shouting: “Go to hell, damned Jew!”
With trembling knees I went to the second house and opened the door to see whether the members of the household were still awake.
- “If so, then how did you have the nerve to demand my papers, when you are neither a judge nor even a citizen here? Return my documents to me at once, and if not, I will go to the judge and inform him that you are disturbing the peace of passersby without authority.”
- a civilian
- 2015 September 17, Avi Kohen, “פתק על הניידת: "שוטר טוב זה שוטר מת"”, in Israel HaYom:
- ״אם משטרה מתנכלת ותומכת ברצח אזרחים, קריאה לשחיטת שוטרים אינה נחשבת הסתה. שוטר טוב זה שוטר מת...״
- "im mishtará mitnakélet vetoméchet berétsach ezrachím, kri'á leshchitát shotrím eyná nechshévet hasatá. shotér tov ze shotér met..."
- "If the police harass and support murder of civillians, call for the slaughter of police officers is not considered incitement. A good cop is a dead cop..."
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | אֶזְרָח | first | אֶזְרָחִי | אֶזְרָחֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הָאֶזְרָח | second | אֶזְרָחֲךָ | אֶזְרָחֵךְ | אֶזְרַחֲכֶם | אֶזְרַחֲכֶן | |
| construct | אֶזְרַח־ | third | אֶזְרָחוֹ | אֶזְרָחָהּ | אֶזְרָחָם | אֶזְרָחָן | |
| plural | indefinite | אֶזְרָחִים | first | אזרחיי / אֶזְרָחַי | אֶזְרָחֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הָאֶזְרָחִים | second | אֶזְרָחֶיךָ | אזרחייך / אֶזְרָחַיִךְ | אֶזְרָחֵיכֶם | אֶזְרָחֵיכֶן | |
| construct | אֶזְרָחֵי־ | third | אֶזְרָחָיו | אֶזְרָחֶיהָ | אֶזְרָחֵיהֶם | אֶזְרָחֵיהֶן | |
Derived terms
- אֶזְרָחִי (ezrakhí)
- אֶזְרָחוּת (ezrakhút)
- מִלְחֶמֶת אֶזְרָחִים (milkhémet ezrakhím)
References
- “אזרח” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- "אזרח" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- H249 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Further reading
- אזרח on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he