חייב

חייב / חַיָּב • (ḥayáv) (feminine חייבת / חַיֶּבֶת, masculine plural חייבים / חַיָּבִים, feminine plural חייבות / חַיָּבוֹת)

1. obligated, required, bound, must
2. owing, having a debt
3. (Jewish law, also) guilty, culpable

חייב / חַיָּב • (ḥayáv) m (feminine counterpart חייבת / חַיֶּבֶת) [pattern: קַטָּל]

1. (economics) debtor

חייב / חִיֵּב • (ḥiyév) (pi'el construction, passive counterpart חויב / חֻיַּב)

1. to force, coerce
2. to require, necessitate
3. (accounting) to debit
4. to charge
5. to bind, be binding
6. to agree with, approve, favor
7. (Jewish law, also) to find guilty, convict

• צריך

• “חייב” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

• חייב on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he