Mikhail Poda

Topic: Verbs with multiple meaning

Three distinct meanings

Verb Meaning 1 Meaning 2 Meaning 3
לַעֲמוֹד to stand to be about to to endure
לַחֲזוֹר to return to repeat, review to call back
לָשֵׂאת to carry to marry (formal) to tolerate

Two distinct meanings

Verb Meaning 1 Meaning 2
לָבוֹא to come (colloquial) to feel like (בא לי) — “I feel like”
לָצֵאת to leave to turn out well (יוצא טוב)
לַעֲלוֹת to ascend to cost
לִשְׂכּוֹר to rent (from someone) to hire (less common)
לִנְעוֹל to lock to wear shoes
לָתֵת to give to allow (contextual; e.g. לתת למישהו לדבר)
לְבַקֵּר to visit to criticize
לִפְנוֹת to turn to address, speak to
לִקְרוֹא to read to call, name
לִשְׁאוֹל to ask to borrow
לְסַפֵּר to tell to cut hair
לַחְתוֹךְ to cut (slang) to ditch, leave suddenly
לַחְפּוֹר to dig (slang) to nag, go on and on
לִנְהוֹג to drive to behave, tend to do (e.g. נוהג לומר)
לִקְפּוֹץ to jump to drop by, come unexpectedly
לַחֲלוֹק to divide to disagree
לִסְבּוֹל to suffer to tolerate
לְהִיכָּנֵס to enter to fit, be absorbed (contextual)
לְהַגִיעַ to arrive to be deserved (e.g. מגיע לי)
לְנַתֵּחַ to analyze to perform surgery
לְהוֹצִיא to take out to spend (money)
לְהוֹבִיל to lead to transport
לְהִתְפַּשֵּׁט to get undressed to spread (contextual)
לְהַסְפִּיק to be enough to manage in time
לְפַרְסֵם to publish to advertise
לִשְׁכַּב to lie down (slang) to have sex
לִדְפּוֹק to knock (slang) to have sex
לִגְמוֹר to finish (slang) to orgasm
לִטְעוֹן to charge, load to claim (in argument)
לְהַפְגִּין to protest to display (emotion)
לַחְקוֹר to research to investigate, interrogate
לִשְׁקוֹל to weigh to consider
לַעֲרוֹךְ to arrange to edit
לקיים to fulfill, maintain to host, conduct (e.g. לקיים ישיבה)
לְנַצֵּל to utilize to exploit
לְהַרְתִיחַ to boil to enrage
לִמְשׁוֹךְ to pull; attract to withdraw money
לִדְחוֹת to postpone to reject
לְהַנִּיחַ to place to assume (in reasoning)
לְהַעֲבִיר to pass, transfer to spend time
לְהִסְתַּדֵּר to manage, to get along to arrange oneself
לְהִתְייַחֵס to refer to to treat, behave toward
לָגַעַת to touch to concern (emotionally or conceptually)
לְגַלוֹת to discover to reveal
לְהוֹדוֹת to thank to admit
לְגָרֵשׁ to expel to divorce
לִטְבּוֹעַ to drown to mint
לְעַבֵּד to process to cultivate (land)
לְהִתְעָרֵב to bet to interfere, intervene
לְהָעִיר to wake someone to comment
לְחַבֵּר to connect to compose (e.g. book, music)