נאבק

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
א־ב־ק‎

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

Pronunciation

Verb

נֶאֱבַק • (ne'evák) (nif'al construction)

  1. (intransitive) to fight, to wrestle (to be involved in physical confrontation)
    • 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. Uncommon in Modern Hebrew.

References
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