כמה

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Related to Arabic كَمْ‎ (kam).

Determiner

כַּמָּה • (káma)

  1. (interrogative) How much, how many.
    ‏כמה אנשים גרים שם?‎‎
    káma anashím garím sham?
    How many people live there?
    ‏עוד כמה סידורים אתה תקנה?‎‎
    od káma sidurím atá tikné?
  2. (countable referents) several, a few, some; (uncountable referents) some
    ‏אכלנו כמה תמרים.‎‎
    akhálnu káma t'marím.
    We ate several dates.
    ‏יש פה בעיר כמה אנשים שמדברים עברית.‎‎
    yesh po ba-ír káma anashím she-m'dab'rim ivrít.
    There are several people here in the town who speak Hebrew.

Adverb

כַּמָּה • (káma)

  1. How, how much, to what extent.
    כמה את אוהבת פיצה?‎ — káma at ohévet pítsa? — How much do you love pizza?
    כמה זה גדול?‎ — káma ze gadól? — How big is it?

Derived terms

Etymology 2
Root
כ־מ־הּ‎ (k-m-hּ)

Verb

כָּמַהּ • (kamáh) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, infinitive לכמוה / לִכְמֹהַּ‎, present כָּמֵהַּ‎, future יִכְמַהּ‎)

  1. to long, yearn
    • Tanach, Psalms 63:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      ‏אֱלֹהִים אֵלִי אַתָּה אֲשַׁחֲרֶךָּ צָמְאָה לְךָ נַפְשִׁי כָּמַהּ לְךָ בְשָׂרִי בְּאֶרֶץ־צִיָּה וְעָיֵף בְּלִי־מָיִם׃‎‎
      'elohím 'elí 'atá 'ashakharéka tsam'á l'khá nafshí kamáh l'khá v'sarí b'érets-tsiyá v'ayéf b'li-máyim.
      ʾĕlōhīm ʾēlī ʾattā ʾăšaḥărékkā ṣāməʾā ləḵā nap̄šī kāmah ləḵā ḇəśārī bəʾéreṣ-ṣiyyā wəʿāyēp̄ bəlī-mā́yim.
      O God, Thou art my God, earnestly will I seek Thee; my soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh longeth for Thee, in a dry and weary land, where no water is.
Conjugation
Conjugation of כָּמַהּ‎ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לכמוה / לִכְמֹהַּ‎
  • action noun: כְּמִיהָה‎
  • passive participle: —
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first כָּמַהְתִּי‎כָּמַהְנוּ‎
second כָּמַהְתָּ‎כָּמַהְתְּ‎כְּמַהְתֶּם‎1כְּמַהְתֶּן‎1
third כָּמַהּ‎כָּמְהָה‎כָּמְהוּ‎
present כָּמֵהַּ‎כְּמֵהָה‎כְּמֵהִים‎כְּמֵהוֹת‎
future first אֶכְמַהּ‎נִכְמַהּ‎
second תִּכְמַהּ‎תִּכְמְהִי‎תִּכְמְהוּ‎תִּכְמַהְנָה‎2
third יִכְמַהּ‎תִּכְמַהּ‎יִכְמְהוּ‎תִּכְמַהְנָה‎2
imperative כְּמַהּ‎כִּמְהִי‎כִּמְהוּ‎כְּמַהְנָה‎2
notes
  1. Pronounced כָּמַהְתֶּם‎ and כָּמַהְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Adjective

כָּמֵהַּ • (kaméah) (feminine כְּמֵהָה‎, masculine plural כְּמֵהִים‎, feminine plural כְּמֵהוֹת‎)

  1. longing, yearning

Anagrams
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