Conjugation of לְהִיכָּלֵא

Verb – NIF'AL

Root: כ - ל - א

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

Meaning

to be arrested, imprisoned

Verb form	Person	Singular		Plural
		Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Present tense / Participle		נִכְלָא nichla I am / you m. sg. are / he / it is arrested	נִכְלֵאת nichlet I am / you f. sg. are / she / it is arrested	נִכְלָאִים nichla'im we / you m. pl. / they m. are arrested	נִכְלָאוֹת nichla'ot we / you f. pl. / they f. are arrested
Past tense	1st	נִכְלֵאתִי nichleti I was arrested		נִכְלֵאנוּ nichlenu we were arrested
	2nd	נִכְלֵאתָ nichleta you m. sg. were arrested	נִכְלֵאת nichlet you f. sg. were arrested	נִכְלֵאתֶם nichletem you m. pl. were arrested The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: נִכְלֵאתֶם nichletem	נִכְלֵאתֶן nichleten you f. pl. were arrested The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: נִכְלֵאתֶן nichleten
	3rd	נִכְלָא nichla he / it was arrested	נִכְלְאָה nichle'a she / it was arrested	נִכְלְאוּ nichle'u they were arrested
Future tense	1st	אֶכָּלֵא ekale I will be arrested		נִכָּלֵא ~ ניכלא nikale we will be arrested
	2nd	תִּכָּלֵא ~ תיכלא tikale you m. sg. will be arrested	תִּכָּלְאִי ~ תיכלאי tikal'i you f. sg. will be arrested	תִּכָּלְאוּ ~ תיכלאו tikal'u you m. pl. will be arrested	תִּכָּלֶאנָה ~ תיכלאנה tikalena you f. pl. will be arrested In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: תִּכָּלְאוּ ~ תיכלאו tikal'u
	3rd	יִכָּלֵא ~ ייכלא yikale he / it will be arrested	תִּכָּלֵא ~ תיכלא tikale she / it will be arrested	יִכָּלְאוּ ~ ייכלאו yikal'u they m. will be arrested	תִּכָּלֶאנָה ~ תיכלאנה tikalena they f. will be arrested In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: יִכָּלְאוּ ~ ייכלאו yikal'u
Imperative		הִכָּלֵא!‏ ~ היכלא!‏ hikale! (to a man) be arrested!	הִכָּלְאִי!‏ ~ היכלאי!‏ hikal'i! (to a woman) be arrested!	הִכָּלְאוּ!‏ ~ היכלאו!‏ hikal'u! (to men) be arrested!	הִכָּלֶאנָה!‏ ~ היכלאנה!‏ hikalena! (to women) be arrested! In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: הִכָּלְאוּ!‏ ~ היכלאו!‏ hikal'u!
Infinitive		לְהִכָּלֵא ~ להיכלא lehikale to be arrested