Hebrew Learning Guide
Adjectives

root חיב

pattern MEKUTTAL

מְחֻיָּב mechuyav
מְחֻיֶּבֶת mechuyevet

obliged, committed

Adjective forms

masc. singular fem. singular masc. plural fem. plural
מְחֻיָּב mechuyav
מְחֻיֶּבֶת mechuyevet
מְחֻיָּבִים mechuyavim
מְחֻיָּבוֹת mechuyavot

Notes

The middle 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

  • Noun – hitkattlut pattern, feminine הִתְחַייְּבוּת liability, commitment, undertaking
  • Noun – masculine חוֹב debt
  • Verb – pa'al לָחוּב to owe, to be obliged
  • Noun – feminine חוֹבָה obligation; debt
  • Verb – pi'el לְחַייֵּב to charge, to require, to oblige, to force someone
  • Verb – hitpa'el לְהִתְחַייֵּב to commit, to undertake
  • Noun – kittul pattern, masculine חִיּוּב obligation, debit; positivity, agreement; conviction
  • Noun – masculine חִיּוּבִי positive
  • Adjective חִיּוּבִי positive
  • Noun – kattal pattern, masculine חַייָּב debtor
  • Adjective – kattal pattern חַייָּב must, should, bound, obliged
  • Noun – feminine מְחוּיָּבוּת obligation, responsibility, commitment