הוסיף

Hebrew

Root
י־ס־ף (y-s-p)
7 terms

Etymology

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Verb

הוֹסִיף • (hosíf) (hif'il construction, passive counterpart הוּסַף)

1. To add (something) to (something else).

   למה לא הוסיפו מלפפון?

   láma ló hosífu m'laf'fón?

   Why didn't they add cucumber?

2. (literary) To continue (to do something).
   • 1938, Nathan Alterman, Still the Tune Returns 7–8:

     וכבשה ואיילת תהיינה עדות \ שליטפת אותן והוספת ללכת

     vekivsá veayelét tihiyená 'edót / shelitaf'tá otán vehosaftá lalékhet

     And a sheep and a doe will be witness / that you stroked them and continued to walk

3. (archaic) Coordinated with another verb to indicate that the action of that verb "adds" in some way.
   • Tanach, Genesis 25:1, with translation of the King James Version:

     וַיֹּסֶף אַבְרָהָם וַיִּקַּח אִשָּׁה וּשְׁמָהּ קְטוּרָה׃

     vayósef avrahám vayikákh ishá ush'máh k'turá.

     Then again Abraham took [literally And Abraham added and took] a wife, and her name [was] Keturah.

Conjugation

Conjugation of הוֹסִיף (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לְהוֹסִיף
		action noun		הוֹסָפָה
finite forms		singular		plural
		m	f	m	f
past	first	הוֹסַפְתִּי		הוֹסַפְנוּ
	second	הוֹסַפְתָּ	הוֹסַפְתְּ	הוֹסַפְתֶּם	הוֹסַפְתֶּן
	third	הוֹסִיף	הוֹסִיפָה	הוֹסִיפוּ
present		מוֹסִיף	מוֹסִיפָה	מוֹסִיפִים	מוֹסִיפוֹת
future	first	אוֹסִיף		נוֹסִיף
	second	תּוֹסִיף	תּוֹסִיפִי	תּוֹסִיפוּ	תּוֹסֵפְנָה1
	third	יוֹסִיף	תּוֹסִיף	יוֹסִיפוּ	תּוֹסֵפְנָה1
imperative		הוֹסֵף	הוֹסִיפִי	הוֹסִיפוּ	הוֹסֵפְנָה1

¹ Rare in Modern Hebrew.