Hebrew verbs · hitpa’el (הִתְפַּעֵל)
לְהִצְטַעֵר: “to be sorry” in Hebrew
לְהִצְטַעֵר (lehitsta'er) means “to be sorry”. It belongs to the hitpa’el (הִתְפַּעֵל) binyan, and its root is צ־ע־ר: 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
I’m sorry, I’m late.
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