Hebrew verbs · hitpa’el (הִתְפַּעֵל)

לְהִתְכַּתֵּב: “to correspond” in Hebrew

לְהִתְכַּתֵּב (lehitkatev) means “to correspond”. It belongs to the hitpa’el (הִתְפַּעֵל) binyan, and its root is כ־ת־ב: the three consonants that stay in every form.

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In a sentence

I correspond with a friend from Italy.

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