התייהד

Denominal verb of יְהוּדִי (y'hudí, “Jew, Jewish”) in the hitpa'el binyan.

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /hitˌyaˈhed/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /hiθˌyaˈheːð/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /hisˌyaˈhejd/
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /hiθˌyæːˈheːð/

התייהד / הִתְיַהֵד • (hityahéd) (hitpa'el construction, future יתייהד / יִתְיַהֵד)

1. to convert to Judaism

   Synonym: התגייר (hitgayér)

   • Tanach, Esther 8:17, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וּבְכׇל־מְדִינָה וּמְדִינָה וּבְכׇל־עִיר וָעִיר מְקוֹם אֲשֶׁר דְּבַר־הַמֶּלֶךְ וְדָתוֹ מַגִּיעַ שִׂמְחָה וְשָׂשׂוֹן לַיְּהוּדִים מִשְׁתֶּה וְיוֹם טוֹב וְרַבִּים מֵעַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ מִתְיַהֲדִים כִּי־נָפַל פַּחַד־הַיְּהוּדִים עֲלֵיהֶם׃

     u'v'khól m'diná u'm'diná u'v'khól ir va'ír m'kóm ashér d'vár hamélekh v'dató magía simkhá v'sasón la'y'hudím mishté v'yóm tov v'rabím me'améi ha'áretz mityahadím ki nafál pákhad hay'hudim aleihém

     And in every province and in every city, when the king’s command and decree arrived, there was gladness and joy among the Jews, a feast and a holiday. And many of the people of the land professed to be Jews, for the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.

• על המילה התיהד, in the Academy of the Hebrew Language
• “התייהד”, in Milog (in Hebrew)
• Klein, Ernest (1987), “יהד”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 255