ברח

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ב־ר־ח (b-r-kh)
4 terms

Compare Arabic بَرِحَ (bariḥa), Aramaic בְרַח (bəraḥ, to flee) and Ugaritic brḥ (to flee).

Pronunciation

  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /baˈʁaχ/
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Verb

בָּרַח • (barákh) (pa'al construction)

  1. to run away

Conjugation

Conjugation of בָּרַח (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לברוח / לִבְרֹחַ
action noun בְּרִיחָה
passive participle
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first בָּרַחְתִּי בָּרַחְנוּ
second בָּרַחְתָּ בָּרַחְתְּ בְּרַחְתֶּם1 בְּרַחְתֶּן1
third בָּרַח בָּרְחָה בָּרְחוּ
present בּוֹרֵחַ בּוֹרַחַת בּוֹרְחִים בּוֹרְחוֹת
future first אֶבְרַח נִבְרַח
second תִּבְרַח תִּבְרְחִי תִּבְרְחוּ תִּבְרַחְנָה2
third יִבְרַח תִּבְרַח יִבְרְחוּ תִּבְרַחְנָה2
imperative בְּרַח בִּרְחִי בִּרְחוּ בְּרַחְנָה2

1 Pronounced בָּרַחְתֶּם and בָּרַחְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

References

  • Even-Shoshan, Avraham (1979) The Even-Shoshan Dictionary, page 277
  • Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary Of The Hebrew Language For Readers Of English, page 84