Hebrew verbs · hif’il (הִפְעִיל)

לְהַסְבִּיר: “to explain” in Hebrew

לְהַסְבִּיר (lehasbir) means “to explain”. It belongs to the hif’il (הִפְעִיל) binyan, and its root is ס־ב־ר: the three consonants that stay in every form.

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