הכיר

Hebrew

Root
נ־כ־ר‎

Verb

הִכִּיר • (hikír) (hif'il construction, passive counterpart הוכר \ הֻכַּר‎)

(transitive) To know (someone), to recognize, to be familiar with (someone or something), to meet.
‏הם לא מכירים אף אחד באזור.‎‎ ― hem lo makirím af ekhád ba'ezór. ― They don't know anyone in the area.

‏לא הכרתי אותו, אבל הכרתי את השם שלו.‎‎ ― lo hikárti otó, aval hikárti et hashém sheló. ― I didn't know him, but I had heard his name.

‏מתי הכרת אותה?‎‎ ― matái hikárt otá? ― When did you first meet her?
- Genesis 37:32, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  ‏וַיְשַׁלְּחוּ אֶת־כְּתֹנֶת הַפַּסִּים וַיָּבִיאוּ אֶל־אֲבִיהֶם וַיֹּאמְרוּ זֹאת מָצָאנוּ הַכֶּר־נָא הַ כְּתֹנֶת בִּנְךָ הִוא אִם־לֹא׃‎‎
  vay'shal'khú 'et-k'tónet hapasím vayaví'u 'el-'avihém vayom'rú zót matsánu haker-ná hak'tónet bin'khá hí 'im-ló.
  wayəšalləḥū ʾeṯ-kəṯṓneṯ happassīm wayyāḇī́ʾū ʾel-ʾăḇīhem wayyōmərū zōṯ māṣā́nū hakker-nā hakkəṯṓneṯ binəḵā hī ʾim-lō.
  and they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said: ‘This have we found. Know now whether it is thy son's coat or not.’
(diplomacy, transitive) To recognize (a country or legal entity).

Conjugation

Conjugation of הִכִּיר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לְהַכִּיר‎ action noun: הַכָּרָה‎
finite forms		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	הִכַּרְתִּי‎		הִכַּרְנוּ‎
	second	הִכַּרְתָּ‎	הִכַּרְתְּ‎	הִכַּרְתֶּם‎	הִכַּרְתֶּן‎
	third	הִכִּיר	הִכִּירָה‎	הִכִּירוּ‎
present		מַכִּיר‎	מַכִּירָה‎	מַכִּירִים‎	מַכִּירוֹת‎
future	first	אַכִּיר‎		נַכִּיר‎
	second	תַּכִּיר‎	תַּכִּירִי‎	תַּכִּירוּ‎	תַּכֵּרְנָה‎¹
	third	יַכִּיר‎	תַּכִּיר‎	יַכִּירוּ‎	תַּכֵּרְנָה‎¹
imperative		הַכֵּר‎	הַכִּירִי‎	הַכִּירוּ‎	הַכֵּרְנָה‎¹
notes		Uncommon in Modern Hebrew.

See also

ידע‎ (yadá)

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