Hebrew Learning Guide
Adjectives

root חלה

pattern KOTEL

חוֹלֶה chole
חוֹלָה chola

sick; sick person, patient

Adjective forms

masc. singular fem. singular masc. plural fem. plural
חוֹלֶה chole
חוֹלָה chola
חוֹלִים cholim
חוֹלוֹת cholot

Notes

The final radical of this word disappears or turns into a vowel in inflected forms.

The first radical of this word is guttural; this affects the adjacent vowels.

See also

  • Adjective חוֹלָנִי morbid, sickly, unhealthy, abnormal
  • Verb – pa'al לַחֲלוֹת to be ill (with) (ב-)
  • Verb – pi'el לְחַלּוֹת to make ill, to sicken (archaic); to beg, to implore (archaic)
  • Verb – hitpa'el לְהִתְחַלּוֹת to malinger, to pretend to be ill
  • Noun – miktal pattern, feminine מַחֲלָה illness, disease, sickness
  • Noun – taktula pattern, feminine תַּחְלוּאָה morbidity