רצה

Hebrew
Root
ר־צ־ה (r-ṣ-h)

Etymology

Compare Arabic رَضِيَ (raḍiya).

Pronunciation
  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʁaˈtsa/
  • (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA (key): [ʀ̟ɔːˈsˤɔː]
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Verb

רָצָה • (ratsá) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, infinitive לִרְצוֹת)

  1. To want.
    אני חושב שזה בדיוק מה שרציתי ― ani khoshev sheze bidyuk ma sheratsiti. ― I think that's exactly what I wanted.
    אם תרצו אין זו אגדה. ― im tirtsú ein zo agadá. ― If you [plural] want it, it is not a legend.
    היא רוצה להיות נשיאה. ― hi rotsá lihyot nesi'á. ― She wants to be President.
    • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Makkot 10b:
      בדרך שאדם רוצה לילך בה מוליכין אותו.
      baderekh she'adam rotze leilekh ba molikhin oto.
      A man is sent in the direction he wants to go.
  2. (Biblical Hebrew) accept, choose
    • Tanach, 1 Chronicles 28:4, with translation of the King James Version:
      […] כִּי בִיהוּדָה בָּחַר לְנָגִיד וּבְבֵית יְהוּדָה בֵּית אָבִי וּבִבְנֵי אָבִי בִּי רָצָה לְהַמְלִיךְ עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל׃
      […] for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:

Conjugation
Conjugation of רָצָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לִרְצוֹת
  • action noun: רְצִיָּה
  • passive participle: רָצוּי
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first רָצִיתִירָצִינוּ
second רָצִיתָרָצִיתרְצִיתֶם1רְצִיתֶן1
third רָצָהרָצְתָהרָצוּ
present רוֹצֶהרוֹצָהרוֹצִיםרוֹצוֹת
future first אֶרְצֶהנִרְצֶה
second תִּרְצֶהתִּרְצִיתִּרְצוּתִּרְצֶינָה2
third יִרְצֶהתִּרְצֶהיִרְצוּתִּרְצֶינָה2
imperative רְצֵהרְצִירְצוּרְצֶינָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced רָצִיתֶם and רָצִיתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

Verb

רִצָּה • (ritsá) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of ריצה

References

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