טום נפל ונפצע בידו.

是什麼意思

I still get confused with the verb for "to hurt, or injure" and this is on a flashcard again today. Meaning "Tom fell and hurt (injured) his hand." But the verb נפצע, when I look it up, shows as possibly two different verbs. Can someone help me with this please? Thanks. I guess what I'm asking is the verb for "to injure" and "to be injured."

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L1arK

2022年11月28日

希伯來語
俄語

נפצע is passive, meaning he got injured. What other verb do you get?

בידו indicates where he got injured.

It's like saying: Tom received an injury to his hand.

You can say it in active form: טום פצע את ידו.
Here it's more like: Tom hurt his hand.
But it may sound like he did it on purpose, context usually clears it up.

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HebrewDane

2022年11月28日

英語 (美國)

@L1arK
So what the sentence is saying is that Tom fell and in doing so his hand got hurt. Or like you wrote, he recieved an injury to his hand. Got it.
When I type in נפצע in Pealim I get either this: לִפְצוֹעַ which it says means to wound, injure.
Or I get this one which gives two versions
לְהִפָּצֵעַ lehipatzea or לְהִפָּצַע lehipatza meaning to be injured

L1arK

2022年11月28日

希伯來語
俄語

@HebrewDane

The problem with Nifal binyanim, is that without nikkud they look exactly like plural future tense of Paal binyan. But Nifal is passive, and Paal is active. Thus the confusion of the dictionary in your case.

For example the word נשלח. It could be past of להישלח or future of לשלוח. First one being To be sent, while the second is To send.

לְהִפָּצֵעַ and לְהִפָּצַע are the same verbs with different pronunciations. But these days we use only the second one - lehipatza.

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HebrewDane

2022年11月28日

英語 (美國)

@L1arK Got it. When I get two choices sometimes it is very confusing because I never know which one is really used. So in conclusion לִפְצוֹעַ would mean something active. Like I hurt or injured myself, or someone else. And לְהִפָּצַע means something cause an injury or hurt.
I hope I have this correct. Thanks as always for your help on this.