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The 100 most used Hebrew verbs

Ranked by how often they come up, each with its own page: full conjugation across every tense, examples with audio, same-root words and a common-mistake note.

#	English	Infinitive	Root	Binyan
1	to be	לִהְיוֹת	ה־י־ה	pa'al	View
2	to want	לִרְצוֹת	ר־צ־ה	pa'al	View
3	to be able, can	לִיכוֹל	י־כ־ל	pa'al	View
4	to need	צָרִיךְ	צ־ר־ך	pa'al	View
5	to go	לָלֶכֶת	ה־ל־ך	pa'al	View
6	to come	לָבוֹא	ב־ו־א	pa'al	View
7	to do, to make	לַעֲשׂוֹת	ע־ש־ה	pa'al	View
8	to say	לוֹמַר	א־מ־ר	pa'al	View
9	to speak	לְדַבֵּר	ד־ב־ר	pi'el	View
10	to see	לִרְאוֹת	ר־א־ה	pa'al	View
11	to know	לָדַעַת	י־ד־ע	pa'al	View
12	to think	לַחְשׁוֹב	ח־ש־ב	pa'al	View
13	to eat	לֶאֱכֹל	א־כ־ל	pa'al	View
14	to drink	לִשְׁתּוֹת	ש־ת־ה	pa'al	View
15	to sleep	לִישׁוֹן	י־ש־ן	pa'al	View
16	to wake up	לְהִתְעוֹרֵר	ע־ו־ר	hitpa'el	View
17	to get up	לָקוּם	ק־ו־ם	pa'al	View
18	to sit	לָשֶׁבֶת	י־ש־ב	pa'al	View
19	to stand	לַעֲמֹד	ע־מ־ד	pa'al	View
20	to walk	לְהִתְהַלֵּךְ	ה־ל־ך	hitpa'el	View
21	to run	לָרוּץ	ר־ו־ץ	pa'al	View
22	to drive	לִנְהוֹג	נ־ה־ג	pa'al	View
23	to travel	לִנְסוֹעַ	נ־ס־ע	pa'al	View
24	to work	לַעֲבוֹד	ע־ב־ד	pa'al	View
25	to learn	לִלְמוֹד	ל־מ־ד	pa'al	View
26	to teach	לְלַמֵּד	ל־מ־ד	pi'el	View
27	to read	לִקְרוֹא	ק־ר־א	pa'al	View
28	to write	לִכְתּוֹב	כ־ת־ב	pa'al	View
29	to hear	לִשְׁמוֹעַ	ש־מ־ע	pa'al	View
30	to listen	לְהַקְשִׁיב	ק־ש־ב	hif'il	View
31	to understand	לְהָבִין	ב־י־ן	hif'il	View
32	to give	לָתֵת	נ־ת־ן	pa'al	View
33	to take	לָקַחַת	ל־ק־ח	pa'al	View
34	to buy	לִקְנוֹת	ק־נ־ה	pa'al	View
35	to sell	לִמְכּוֹר	מ־כ־ר	pa'al	View
36	to pay	לְשַׁלֵּם	ש־ל־ם	pi'el	View
37	to open	לִפְתּוֹחַ	פ־ת־ח	pa'al	View
38	to close	לִסְגּוֹר	ס־ג־ר	pa'al	View
39	to live	לָגוּר	ג־ו־ר	pa'al	View
40	to love	לֶאֱהוֹב	א־ה־ב	pa'al	View
41	to like	לְחַבֵּב	ח־ב־ב	pi'el	View
42	to hate	לִשְׂנוֹא	ש־נ־א	pa'al	View
43	to wait	לְחַכּוֹת	ח־כ־ה	pi'el	View
44	to help	לַעֲזוֹר	ע־ז־ר	pa'al	View
45	to ask	לִשְׁאוֹל	ש־א־ל	pa'al	View
46	to answer	לַעֲנוֹת	ע־נ־ה	pa'al	View
47	to call	לְהִתְקַשֵּׁר	ק־ש־ר	hitpa'el	View
48	to send	לִשְׁלוֹחַ	ש־ל־ח	pa'al	View
49	to receive	לְקַבֵּל	ק־ב־ל	pi'el	View
50	to find	לִמְצוֹא	מ־צ־א	pa'al	View
51	to look for	לְחַפֵּשׂ	ח־פ־ש	pi'el	View
52	to lose	לְאַבֵּד	א־ב־ד	pi'el	View
53	to forget	לִשְׁכּוֹחַ	ש־כ־ח	pa'al	View
54	to remember	לִזְכּוֹר	ז־כ־ר	pa'al	View
55	to begin	לְהַתְחִיל	ת־ח־ל	hif'il	View
56	to finish	לְסַיֵּם	ס־י־ם	pi'el	View
57	to stop	לְהַפְסִיק	פ־ס־ק	hif'il	View
58	to try	לְנַסּוֹת	נ־ס־ה	pi'el	View
59	to succeed	לְהַצְלִיחַ	צ־ל־ח	hif'il	View
60	to fail	לְהִכָּשֵׁל	כ־ש־ל	nif'al	View
61	to play	לְשַׂחֵק	שׂ־ח־ק	pi'el	View
62	to sing	לָשִׁיר	ש־י־ר	pa'al	View
63	to dance	לִרְקוֹד	ר־ק־ד	pa'al	View
64	to cook	לְבַשֵּׁל	ב־ש־ל	pi'el	View
65	to clean	לְנַקּוֹת	נ־ק־ה	pi'el	View
66	to wash	לִרְחוֹץ	ר־ח־ץ	pa'al	View
67	to wear	לִלְבּוֹשׁ	ל־ב־ש	pa'al	View
68	to put	לָשִׂים	שׂ־י־ם	pa'al	View
69	to bring	לְהָבִיא	ב־ו־א	hif'il	View
70	to leave	לַעֲזוֹב	ע־ז־ב	pa'al	View
71	to return	לַחֲזוֹר	ח־ז־ר	pa'al	View
72	to arrive	לְהַגִּיעַ	נ־ג־ע	hif'il	View
73	to enter	לְהִכָּנֵס	כ־נ־ס	nif'al	View
74	to exit	לָצֵאת	י־צ־א	pa'al	View
75	to meet	לִפְגּוֹשׁ	פ־ג־ש	pa'al	View
76	to talk	לְשׂוֹחֵחַ	שׂ־ח־ח	pi'el	View
77	to laugh	לִצְחוֹק	צ־ח־ק	pa'al	View
78	to cry	לִבְכּוֹת	ב־כ־ה	pa'al	View
79	to feel	לְהַרְגִּישׁ	ר־ג־ש	hif'il	View
80	to believe	לְהַאֲמִין	א־מ־ן	hif'il	View
81	to hope	לִקְווֹת	ק־ו־ה	pa'al	View
82	to decide	לְהַחְלִיט	ח־ל־ט	hif'il	View
83	to choose	לִבְחֹר	ב־ח־ר	pa'al	View
84	to change	לְשַׁנּוֹת	ש־נ־ה	pi'el	View
85	to use	לְהִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ	ש־מ־ש	hitpa'el	View
86	to build	לִבְנוֹת	ב־נ־ה	pa'al	View
87	to break	לִשְׁבֹּר	ש־ב־ר	pa'al	View
88	to fix	לְתַקֵּן	ת־ק־ן	pi'el	View
89	to cut	לַחְתֹּךְ	ח־ת־ך	pa'al	View
90	to fall	לִפּוֹל	נ־פ־ל	pa'al	View
91	to throw	לִזְרֹק	ז־ר־ק	pa'al	View
92	to catch	לִתְפֹּס	ת־פ־ס	pa'al	View
93	to win	לְנַצֵּחַ	נ־צ־ח	pi'el	View
94	to prefer	לְהַעֲדִיף	ע־ד־ף	hif'il	View
95	to happen	לִקְרוֹת	ק־ר־ה	pa'al	View
96	to smile	לְחַיֵּךְ	ח־י־ך	pi'el	View
97	to order	לְהַזְמִין	ז־מ־ן	hif'il	View
98	to rent	לִשְׂכֹּר	שׂ־כ־ר	pa'al	View
99	to move house	לַעֲבוֹר דִּירָה	ע־ב־ר	pa'al	View
100	to text	לְסַמֵּס	ס־מ־ס	pi'el	View

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