Hebrew verbs · pa’al (פָּעַל)
לָצוּם: “to fast” in Hebrew
לָצוּם (latsum) means “to fast”. It belongs to the pa’al (פָּעַל) binyan, and its root is צ־ו־ם: the three consonants that stay in every form.
Below is the whole conjugation with vowel points: present, past and future. Tap a form to hear it in a native speaker’s voice. In an ulpan, this verb comes at the Aleph level.
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Present
Past
Future
In a sentence
On Yom Kippur I fast.
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