how to say “to fast” in Hebrew, and how to conjugate it
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לָצוּם
Today, many Jews the world over are fasting in observance of תִּשְׁעָה בְּאָב (
listen and repeat)– the Ninth of Av (here’s an article with information about the day).
listen and repeat)– the Ninth of Av (here’s an article with information about the day).The Hebrew word for to fast is לָצוּם (
listen and repeat), an active-simple פָּעַל verb of the root צ.ו.מ (ts.w.m). Since ו is a weak letter that tends to drop off in some words, לצום‘s conjugations follow a special pattern, which you can find here.Here are a couple examples of the verb in action:
אַתֶּם צָמִים טוֹב בְּדֶרֶךְ כְּלָל?
Do you (plural) fast well, generally?
בַּשָּׁנָה הַבָּאָה גַּם אֲנִי אָצוּם.
Next year I’ll also fast.
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