הכיר

הכיר

Hebrew

Root
נ־כ־ר‎

Verb

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

1. (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 הַכְּתֹנֶת 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.’

2. (diplomacy, transitive) To recognize (a country or legal entity).

Conjugation

Conjugation of הִכִּיר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לְהַכִּיר‎ action noun: הַכָּרָה‎
finite forms		singular		plural
		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)