how to say “to give” in Hebrew

 

לָתֵת

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Jewish law ordains that Jews give charity on a regular basis.
 
But Purim is the only holiday in today’s practice of Judaism that actually mandates giving.
 
The Biblical- Modern-Hebrew word for to give is לָתֵת listen and repeat.(the Mishnaic-Hebrew form is לִיתֵן listen and repeat) Its root is נ.ת.נ (n.t.n), and is conjugated as an active-simple verb, for example:
 
הוּא נָתַן לָהּ אֶת הַכֹּל.
He gave her everything. listen 
 

לתת is the title of this classic Israeli song by Boaz Sharabi.

 
And the act of giving is נְתִינָה listen and repeat.

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