Conjugation of לְהִיקָּפֵא

Verb – NIF'AL

Root: ק - פ - א

The final radical of this word is guttural; this affects the adjacent vowels.

Meaning

to freeze over (rare)

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Verb form	Person	Singular		Plural
		Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Present tense / Participle		🔊 נִקְפָּא nikpa I / you m. sg. / he / it freeze(s) over	🔊 נִקְפֵּאת nikpet I / you f. sg. / she / it freeze(s) over	🔊 נִקְפָּאִים nikpa'im we / you m. pl. / they m. freeze over	🔊 נִקְפָּאוֹת nikpa'ot we / you f. pl. / they f. freeze over
Past tense	1st	🔊 נִקְפֵּאתִי nikpeti I froze over		🔊 נִקְפֵּאנוּ nikpenu we froze over
	2nd	🔊 נִקְפֵּאתָ nikpeta you m. sg. froze over	🔊 נִקְפֵּאת nikpet you f. sg. froze over	🔊 נִקְפֵּאתֶם nikpetem you m. pl. froze over The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: 🔊 נִקְפֵּאתֶם nikpetem	🔊 נִקְפֵּאתֶן nikpeten you f. pl. froze over The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: 🔊 נִקְפֵּאתֶן nikpeten
	3rd	🔊 נִקְפָּא nikpa he / it froze over	🔊 נִקְפְּאָה nikpe'a she / it froze over	🔊 נִקְפְּאוּ nikpe'u they froze over
Future tense	1st	🔊 אֶקָּפֵא ekafe I will freeze over		🔊 נִקָּפֵא ~ ניקפא nikafe we will freeze over
	2nd	🔊 תִּקָּפֵא ~ תיקפא tikafe you m. sg. will freeze over	🔊 תִּקָּפְאִי ~ תיקפאי tikaf'i you f. sg. will freeze over	🔊 תִּקָּפְאוּ ~ תיקפאו tikaf'u you m. pl. will freeze over	🔊 תִּקָּפֶאנָה ~ תיקפאנה tikafena you f. pl. will freeze over In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: 🔊 תִּקָּפְאוּ ~ תיקפאו tikaf'u
	3rd	🔊 יִקָּפֵא ~ ייקפא yikafe he / it will freeze over	🔊 תִּקָּפֵא ~ תיקפא tikafe she / it will freeze over	🔊 יִקָּפְאוּ ~ ייקפאו yikaf'u they m. will freeze over	🔊 תִּקָּפֶאנָה ~ תיקפאנה tikafena they f. will freeze over In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: 🔊 יִקָּפְאוּ ~ ייקפאו yikaf'u
Imperative		🔊 הִקָּפֵא!‏ ~ היקפא!‏ hikafe! (to a man) freeze over!	🔊 הִקָּפְאִי!‏ ~ היקפאי!‏ hikaf'i! (to a woman) freeze over!	🔊 הִקָּפְאוּ!‏ ~ היקפאו!‏ hikaf'u! (to men) freeze over!	🔊 הִקָּפֶאנָה!‏ ~ היקפאנה!‏ hikafena! (to women) freeze over! In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: 🔊 הִקָּפְאוּ!‏ ~ היקפאו!‏ hikaf'u!
Infinitive		🔊 לְהִקָּפֵא ~ להיקפא lehikafe to freeze over