נבחר

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
ב־ח־ר (b-ḥ-r)

From the root ב־ח־ר (b-ḥ-r). The adjective and the noun follow from the verb.

Verb

נִבְחַר • (nivkhár) third-singular masculine past (nif'al construction, active counterpart בָּחַר)

  1. to be chosen, to be selected
  2. to be preferred
  3. to be appointed

Conjugation
Conjugation of נִבְחַר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: להיבחר / לְהִבָּחֵר
  • action noun: היבחרות / הִבָּחֲרוּת
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first נִבְחַרְתִּינִבְחַרְנוּ
second נִבְחַרְתָּנִבְחַרְתְּנִבְחַרְתֶּםנִבְחַרְתֶּן
third נִבְחַרנִבְחֲרָהנִבְחֲרוּ
present נִבְחָרנִבְחֶרֶתנִבְחָרִיםנִבְחָרוֹת
future first אֶבָּחֵרניבחר / נִבָּחֵר
second תיבחר / תִּבָּחֵרתיבחרי / תִּבָּחֲרִיתיבחרו / תִּבָּחֲרוּתיבחרנה / תִּבָּחֵרְנָה1
third ייבחר / יִבָּחֵרתיבחר / תִּבָּחֵרייבחרו / יִבָּחֲרוּתיבחרנה / תִּבָּחֵרְנָה1
imperative היבחר / הִבָּחֵרהיבחרי / הִבָּחֲרִיהיבחרו / הִבָּחֲרוּהיבחרנה / הִבָּחֵרְנָה1
notes
  1. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Adjective

נִבְחָר • (nivkhár) (feminine נִבְחֶרֶת, masculine plural נִבְחָרִים, feminine plural נִבְחָרוֹת)

  1. chosen, elected
  2. (by extension) choice, top quality
  3. elect, incoming, designate: denoting a position to which someone has been elected, but which he or she has not yet assumed.
    ראש הממשלה הנבחר ― rósh hamemshalá hanivkhár ― the Prime Minister–elect

Noun

נִבְחָר • (nivkhár) m (plural indefinite נִבְחָרִים, plural construct נִבְחָרֵי־, feminine counterpart נִבְחֶרֶת)

  1. a representative, a chosen or elected person (one who speaks for another)

Derived terms
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