נאבק

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
א־ב־ק (ʾ-b-q)

Perhaps related to Arabic أَبَقَ (ʔabaqa, “to run away, to flee”).

Pronunciation
  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ne.(ʔ)eˈvak/
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Verb

נֶאֱבַק • (ne'evák) third-singular masculine past (nif'al construction)

  1. (intransitive) to fight, to wrestle (to be involved in physical confrontation)
    • Tanach, Genesis 32:24, with translation of the New International Version:
      וַיִּוָּתֵר יַעֲקֹב לְבַדּוֹ וַיֵּאָבֵק אִישׁ עִמּוֹ עַד עֲלוֹת הַשָּׁחַר׃
      So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.

Conjugation
Conjugation of נֶאֱבַק (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: להיאבק / לְהֵאָבֵק
  • action noun: היאבקות / הֵאָבְקוּת
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first נֶאֱבַקְתִּינֶאֱבַקְנוּ
second נֶאֱבַקְתָּנֶאֱבַקְתְּנֶאֱבַקְתֶּםנֶאֱבַקְתֶּן
third נֶאֱבַקנֶאֶבְקָהנֶאֶבְקוּ
present נֶאֱבָקנֶאֱבֶקֶתנֶאֱבָקִיםנֶאֱבָקוֹת
future first איאבק / אֵאָבֵקניאבק / נֵאָבֵק
second תיאבק / תֵּאָבֵקתיאבקי / תֵּאָבְקִיתיאבקו / תֵּאָבְקוּתיאבקנה / תֵּאָבֵקְנָה1
third ייאבק / יֵאָבֵקתיאבק / תֵּאָבֵקייאבקו / יֵאָבְקוּתיאבקנה / תֵּאָבֵקְנָה1
imperative היאבק / הֵאָבֵקהיאבקי / הֵאָבְקִיהיאבקו / הֵאָבְקוּהיאבקנה / הֵאָבֵקְנָה1
notes
  1. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References
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