נאות

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
א־ו־ת (ʾ-w-t)
3 terms

Uncertain, there is however Arabic آتَى (ʔātā, “to agree”), form III of أَتَى (ʔatā, “to come”), which is cognate with אָתָה (atá, “to come”). This relationship might be explained by assuming an unattested אוֹתָה*, which is the po'el (= form III in Arabic) of אָתָה (atá, “to come”) and therefore cognate to the mentioned Arabic verb, to have been reinterpreted as belonging to a different pattern and root and in this way having resulted in the present form.

Pronunciation

Verb

נָאוֹת • (na'ót) (nif'al construction, future יֵאוֹת)

  1. (Biblical Hebrew) to consent, agree [with לְ־]
    • Tanach, Genesis 34:15, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      אַךְ־בְּזֹאת נֵאוֹת לָכֶם אִם תִּהְיוּ כָמֹנוּ לְהִמֹּל לָכֶם כׇּל־זָכָר׃
      Only on this condition will we agree with you; that you will become like us in that every male among you is circumcised.
    • Tanach, 2 Kings 12:9, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַיֵּאֹתוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים לְבִלְתִּי קְחַת־כֶּסֶף מֵאֵת הָעָם וּלְבִלְתִּי חַזֵּק אֶת־בֶּדֶק הַבָּיִת׃
      The priests agreed that they would neither accept money from the people nor make repairs on the House.

Conjugation

Inflection of נאות
non-finite forms to-infinitive לְהֵאוֹת
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first נְאוּתוֹתִי נְאוּתוֹנוּ
second נְאוּתוֹתָ נְאוּתוֹת נְאֹתוֹתֶם נְאֹתוֹתֶן
third נָאוֹת נָאוֹתָה נָאוֹתוּ
present נָאוֹת נָאוֹתֶת נְאוֹתִים נְאוֹתוֹת
future first אֵאוֹת נֵאוֹת
second תֵּאוֹת תֵּאוֹתִי תֵּאוֹתוּ —1
third יֵאוֹת תֵּאוֹת יֵאוֹתוּ —1
imperative positive הֵאוֹת הֵאוֹתִי הֵאוֹתוּ —1
negative אַל + Second person future tense

1 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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