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Hitpa'el

Reflexive and reciprocal

Hitpa'el is reflexive or reciprocal

Action done to or among oneself.

💬 Examples
התלבש
hitlabesh
he got dressed
📝 Hitpa'el = dress oneself
התרחץ
hitrachetz
he washed himself
📝 Reflexive
Marked by the הת- / מת- prefix

Past begins הת-, present מת-.

📊 Hitpa'el of התלבש
Tense Hebrew Translit
past התלבש hitlabesh
present מתלבש mitlabesh
future יתלבש yitlabesh
infinitive להתלבש lehitlabesh
💬 Examples
מתלבש
mitlabesh
getting dressed
📝 Hitpa'el present (מת-)
להתלבש
lehitlabesh
to get dressed
📝 Infinitive (להת-)
Reciprocal meaning: 'each other'

Some Hitpa'el verbs are reciprocal.

💬 Examples
הם התכתבו
hem hitkatvu
they corresponded
📝 Reciprocal (wrote to each other)
התראינו
hitra'inu
we saw each other / see you
📝 Reciprocal Hitpa'el