חפץ

See also: חפֿץ

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
ח־פ־ץ (ḥ-p-ṣ)

Compare with Arabic حَفِظَ (ḥafiẓa, “to keep, to heed, to pay attention”).

Noun

חֵפֶץ • (ḥéfets) m (plural indefinite חֲפָצִים) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

  1. object (thing)
    שים לב לחפץ עזוב או חשוד
    Pay attention to abandoned or suspicious objects (message often found in public transportation and spaces in Israel)
  2. desire

Verb

חָפַץ • (ḥafáts) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. to desire
  2. (Ashkenazic Hebrew) to want
    Synonym: רָצָה (ratsá)

Conjugation
Conjugation of חָפַץ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לחפוץ / לַחְפֹּץ
  • action noun: —
  • passive participle: —
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first חָפַצְתִּיחָפַצְנוּ
second חָפַצְתָּחָפַצְתְּחֲפַצְתֶּם1חֲפַצְתֶּן1
third חָפַץחָפְצָהחָפְצוּ
present חָפֵץחֲפֵצָהחֲפֵצִיםחֲפֵצוֹת
future first אחפוץ / אֶחְפֹּץנחפוץ / נַחְפֹּץ
second תחפוץ / תַּחְפֹּץתַּחְפְּצִיתַּחְפְּצוּתחפוצנה / תַּחְפֹּצְנָה2
third יחפוץ / יַחְפֹּץתחפוץ / תַּחְפֹּץיַחְפְּצוּתחפוצנה / תַּחְפֹּצְנָה2
imperative חפוץ / חֲפֹץחִפְצִיחִפְצוּחפוצנה / חֲפֹצְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced חָפַצְתֶּם and חָפַצְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

or

Conjugation of חָפַץ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לחפוץ / לַחְפֹּץ
  • action noun: —
  • passive participle: —
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first חָפַצְתִּיחָפַצְנוּ
second חָפַצְתָּחָפַצְתְּחֲפַצְתֶּם1חֲפַצְתֶּן1
third חָפַץחָפְצָהחָפְצוּ
present חָפֵץחֲפֵצָהחֲפֵצִיםחֲפֵצוֹת
future first אֶחְפַּץנֶחְפַּץ
second תֶּחְפַּץתֶּחְפְּצִיתֶּחְפְּצוּתֶּחְפַּצְנָה2
third יֶחְפַּץתֶּחְפַּץיֶחְפְּצוּתֶּחְפַּצְנָה2
imperative חֲפַץחִפְצִיחִפְצוּחֲפַצְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced חָפַצְתֶּם and חָפַצְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References
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