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חלב • ‎(transliteration needed)

Root
ח־ל־ב

From Proto-Semitic *ḥalīb-.

חָלָב • ‎(khaláv) m ‎(plural indefinite חֲלָבִים, singular construct חֲלֵב־)

חָלַב • ‎(khaláv) ‎(pa'al construction)

Conjugation of חָלַב (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		masculine singular	feminine singular	masculine plural	feminine plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לחלוב \ לַחֲלֹב
past	first person	חָלַבְתִּי		חָלַבְנוּ
	second person	חָלַבְתָּ	חָלַבְתְּ	חֲלַבְתֶּם^{[CN 1]}	חֲלַבְתֶּן^{[CN 1]}^{[CN 2]}
	third person	חָלַב	חָלְבָה	חָלְבוּ
present	all persons	חוֹלֵב	חוֹלֶבֶת	חוֹלְבִים	חוֹלְבוֹת
future	first person	אחלוב \ אֶחֱלֹב		נחלוב \ נַחֲלֹב
	second person	תחלוב \ תַּחֲלֹב	תַּחַלְבִי	תַּחַלְבוּ	תחלובנה \ תַּחֲלֹבְנָה^{[CN 3]}
	third person	יחלוב \ יַחֲלֹב	תחלוב \ תַּחֲלֹב	יַחַלְבוּ	תחלובנה \ תַּחֲלֹבְנָה^{[CN 3]}
imperative	second person	חלוב \ חֲלֹב	חִלְבִי	חִלְבוּ	חלובנה \ חֲלֹבְנָה^{[CN 3]}
notes		1 2 Pronounced חָלַבְתֶּם/ן in modern informal Hebrew. ↑ Uncommon in modern informal Hebrew, but used in formal speech and writing. 1 2 3 Uncommon in modern Hebrew.

Root
ח־ל־ב

חֵלֶב • ‎(khélev) m ‎(singular construct חֵלֶב־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

(Judaism) Particular animal fats forbidden for consumption by Jewish law.
(by extension) The best part (of something).
- Genesis 45:18,
  חֵלֶב הָאָרֶץ
  the best part of the land