חייב

Hebrew

Root
ח־י־ב (kh-y-b)

Adjective

חייב / חַיָּב • (ḥayáv) (feminine חייבת / חַיֶּבֶת, masculine plural חייבים / חַיָּבִים, feminine plural חייבות / חַיָּבוֹת)

1. obligated, required, bound, must
2. owing, having a debt
3. (Jewish law, also) guilty, culpable

Noun

חייב / חַיָּב • (ḥayáv) m (feminine counterpart חייבת / חַיֶּבֶת) [pattern: קַטָּל]

1. (economics) debtor

Verb

חייב / חִיֵּב • (ḥiyév) (pi'el construction, passive counterpart חויב / חֻיַּב)

1. to force, coerce
2. to require, necessitate
3. (accounting) to debit
4. to charge
5. to bind, be binding
6. to agree with, approve, favor
7. (Jewish law, also) to find guilty, convict

See also

• צריך

References

• “חייב” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• חייב on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he