אילף

Hebrew
Root
א־ל־ף‎ (ʾ-l-p)

Verb

אילף / אִלֵּף • (iléf) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction, passive counterpart אולף / אֻלַּף‎)

  1. to tame, to train
  2. (dated, Biblical Hebrew) to teach
    • Tanack, Job 33:33, with translation of the English Standard Version:
      ‏אִם־אַיִן אַתָּה שְׁמַע־לִי הַחֲרֵשׁ וַאֲאַלֶּפְךָ חָכְמָה׃‎‎
      But if not, then listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.
  3. (sarcastic) to restrain

Conjugation
Conjugation of אילף / אִלֵּף‎ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לְאַלֵּף‎
  • action noun: אילוף / אִלּוּף‎
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first אילפתי / אִלַּפְתִּי‎אילפנו / אִלַּפְנוּ‎
second אילפת / אִלַּפְתָּ‎אילפת / אִלַּפְתְּ‎אילפתם / אִלַּפְתֶּם‎אילפתן / אִלַּפְתֶּן‎
third אילף / אִלֵּף‎אילפה / אִלְּפָה‎אילפו / אִלְּפוּ‎
present מְאַלֵּף‎מְאַלֶּפֶת‎מְאַלְּפִים‎מְאַלְּפוֹת‎
future first אֲאַלֵּף‎נְאַלֵּף‎
second תְּאַלֵּף‎תְּאַלְּפִי‎תְּאַלְּפוּ‎תְּאַלֵּפְנָה‎1
third יְאַלֵּף‎תְּאַלֵּף‎יְאַלְּפוּ‎תְּאַלֵּפְנָה‎1
imperative אַלֵּף‎אַלְּפִי‎אַלְּפוּ‎אַלֵּפְנָה‎1
notes
  1. Rare in Modern Hebrew.
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