how to say “to take place” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/להתקיים-#.m4a” /]לְהִתְקַיֵּם

Hebrew has several words for to take place, but the most generic and useful one is להתקיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/להתקיים-#.m4a” /].

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/להתקיים-#.m4a” /]מתי תתקיים ההרצאה?

When will the lecture take place?

להתקיים is a התפעל verb of the root ק.ו.מ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/להתקיים-#.m4a” /] meaning standing or rising: something that takes place is as if standing in time and space somewhere.

להתקיים also means to exist and to subsist.

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