The roots of Hebrew
The roots of Hebrew.
Almost every Hebrew word grows from a root of three consonants. Here are 40 roots of modern Hebrew, each with the verbs and words that grow from it.
Shoresh means exactly that, “root”: when you see the root in a new word, you can guess what it means.
- כ־ת־בwriting
- ד־ב־רspeaking
- ר־ג־שfeeling
- ד־ל־קburning
- פ־ס־קstopping, pausing
- ב־ט־חtrust, safety
- נ־ג־עtouching
- י־ר־דgoing down
- ל־ב־שwearing, clothes
- ר־ח־ץwashing
- א־ה־בlove
- כ־נ־סentering, gathering
- פ־ג־שmeeting
- י־ל־דbirth, children
- נ־ג־דtelling; against
- מ־צ־אfinding
- א־כ־לeating
- ל־מ־דlearning, teaching
- ז־כ־רremembering
- ג־מ־רfinishing
- ש־ב־רbreaking
- ג־ד־לgrowing, big
- ש־כ־חforgetting
- פ־ת־חopening
- ע־ב־רpassing, crossing
- ע־צ־רstopping
- ה־ר־גkilling
- ס־פ־רcounting, telling
- ש־ל־םwhole, peace, paying
- צ־י־רdrawing
- ח־ז־קstrength
- ז־ה־רcaution; glow
- פ־ג־עhitting, hurting
- פ־צ־עwounding
- ט־פ־לcaring, treating
- ח־ש־בthinking, counting
- ע־ב־דworking
- ש־א־לasking
- ש־מ־עhearing
- ק־ר־אreading, calling