Conjugation of לִרְעוֹב

Verb – PA'AL

Root: ר - ע - ב

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

Meaning

to be hungry, to starve

Verb form	Person	Singular		Plural
		Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Present tense / Participle		רָעֵב ra'ev I am / you m. sg. are / he / it is hungry	רְעֵבָה re'eva I am / you f. sg. are / she / it is hungry	רְעֵבִים re'evim we / you m. pl. / they m. are hungry	רְעֵבוֹת re'evot we / you f. pl. / they f. are hungry
Past tense	1st	רָעַבְתִּי ra'avti I was hungry		רָעַבְנוּ ra'avnu we were hungry
	2nd	רָעַבְתָּ ra'avta you m. sg. were hungry	רָעַבְתְּ ra'avt you f. sg. were hungry	רְעַבְתֶּם re'avtem you m. pl. were hungry The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: רָעַבְתֶּם ra'avtem	רְעַבְתֶּן re'avten you f. pl. were hungry The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: רָעַבְתֶּן ra'avten
	3rd	רָעַב ra'av he / it was hungry	רָעֲבָה ra'ava she / it was hungry	רָעֲבוּ ra'avu they were hungry
Future tense	1st	אֶרְעַב er'av I will be hungry		נִרְעַב nir'av we will be hungry
	2nd	תִּרְעַב tir'av you m. sg. will be hungry	תִּרְעֲבִי tir'avi you f. sg. will be hungry	תִּרְעֲבוּ tir'avu you m. pl. will be hungry	תִּרְעַבְנָה tir'avna you f. pl. will be hungry In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: תִּרְעֲבוּ tir'avu
	3rd	יִרְעַב yir'av he / it will be hungry	תִּרְעַב tir'av she / it will be hungry	יִרְעֲבוּ yir'avu they m. will be hungry	תִּרְעַבְנָה tir'avna they f. will be hungry In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: יִרְעֲבוּ yir'avu
Imperative		רְעַב!‏ re'av! (to a man) be hungry!	רַעֲבִי!‏ ra'avi! (to a woman) be hungry!	רַעֲבוּ!‏ ra'avu! (to men) be hungry!	רְעַבְנָה!‏ re'avna! (to women) be hungry! In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: רַעֲבוּ!‏ ra'avu!
Infinitive		לִרְעֹב ~ לרעוב lir'ov to be hungry