הוסיף

הוסיף

Hebrew

Root
י־ס־ף‎ (y-s-p)

Etymology

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Verb

הוֹסִיף • (hosíf) (hif'il construction, passive counterpart הוּסַף‎)

1. To add (something) to (something else).

   ‏למה לא הוסיפו מלפפון?‎‎

   láma ló hosífu m'laf'fón?

   Why didn't they add cucumber?

2. (literary) To continue (to do something).
   • 1938, Nathan Alterman, Still the Tune Returns 7–8

     ‏וכבשה ואיילת תהיינה עדות \\ שליטפת אותן והוספת ללכת‎

     vekivsá veayelét tihiyená 'edót / shelitaf'tá otán vehosaftá lalékhet

     And a sheep and a doe will be witness / that you stroked them and continued to walk

3. (archaic) Coordinated with another verb to indicate that the action of that verb "adds" in some way.
   • Genesis 25:1, with translation of the King James Version:

     ‏וַיֹּסֶף אַבְרָהָם וַיִּקַּח אִשָּׁה וּשְׁמָהּ קְטוּרָה׃‎‎

     vayósef avrahám vayikákh ishá ush'máh k'turá.

     Then again Abraham took [literally And Abraham added and took] a wife, and her name [was] Keturah.

Conjugation

Conjugation of הוֹסִיף (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לְהוֹסִיף‎ action noun: הוֹסָפָה‎
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	הוֹסַפְתִּי‎		הוֹסַפְנוּ‎
	second	הוֹסַפְתָּ‎	הוֹסַפְתְּ‎	הוֹסַפְתֶּם‎	הוֹסַפְתֶּן‎
	third	הוֹסִיף	הוֹסִיפָה‎	הוֹסִיפוּ‎
present		מוֹסִיף‎	מוֹסִיפָה‎	מוֹסִיפִים‎	מוֹסִיפוֹת‎
future	first	אוֹסִיף‎		נוֹסִיף‎
	second	תּוֹסִיף‎	תּוֹסִיפִי‎	תּוֹסִיפוּ‎	תּוֹסֵפְנָה‎1
	third	יוֹסִיף‎	תּוֹסִיף‎	יוֹסִיפוּ‎	תּוֹסֵפְנָה‎1
imperative		הוֹסֵף‎	הוֹסִיפִי‎	הוֹסִיפוּ‎	הוֹסֵפְנָה‎1
notes		Rare in Modern Hebrew.