הסתבך

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ס־ב־ך (s-b-k)
4 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

הִסְתַּבֵּךְ • (histabékh) (hitpa'el construction)

  1. to be entangled, to be intertwined, to become complicated
  2. to be confused, to lose one's way
  3. (medicine) to develop complications
  4. (colloquial) to get into trouble (with the law)
  5. (colloquial) to fall in love, to become emotionally involved
  6. (colloquial) to get into an argument

Conjugation

Conjugation of הִסְתַּבֵּךְ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לְהִסְתַּבֵּךְ
action noun הִסְתַּבְּכוּת
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first הִסְתַּבַּכְתִּי הִסְתַּבַּכְנוּ
second הִסְתַּבַּכְתָּ הִסְתַּבַּכְתְּ הִסְתַּבַּכְתֶּם הִסְתַּבַּכְתֶּן
third הִסְתַּבֵּךְ הִסְתַּבְּכָה הִסְתַּבְּכוּ
present מִסְתַּבֵּךְ מִסְתַּבֶּכֶת מִסְתַּבְּכִים מִסְתַּבְּכוֹת
future first אֶסְתַּבֵּךְ נִסְתַּבֵּךְ
second תִּסְתַּבֵּךְ תִּסְתַּבְּכִי תִּסְתַּבְּכוּ תִּסְתַּבֵּכְנָה1
third יִסְתַּבֵּךְ תִּסְתַּבֵּךְ יִסְתַּבְּכוּ תִּסְתַּבֵּכְנָה1
imperative positive הִסְתַּבֵּךְ הִסְתַּבְּכִי הִסְתַּבְּכוּ הִסְתַּבֵּכְנָה1
negative אַל + Second person future tense

1 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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