הִשְׁתַּכְנֵעַ
Meanings
Hitpa'el verb
1. to be convinced (intransitive)
Pronunciation
hishtakhnéa
Examples8
לֹא נִרְאָה שֶׁתּוֹם הִשְׁתַּכְנֵעַ.
Tom doesn't seem convinced.
אֲפִלּוּ תּוֹם לֹא הִשְׁתַּכְנֵעַ.
Even Tom wasn't convinced.
הוּא הִשְׁתַּכְנֵעַ לְגַבֵּי חוֹסֶר התחליף שֶׁלּוֹ ומרכזיותו בתַּהֲלִיךְ.
He became convinced of his own indispensability and centrality to the process.
בְּקָרוֹב תִּשְׁתַּכְנֵעַ שֶׁאֲנִי צוֹדֵק.
You will soon be convinced that I am right.
לַמְרוֹת שֶׁהַטַּעֲנוֹת היו הגיוניות, הוּא לֹא הִשְׁתַּכְנֵעַ.
Although the arguments were rational, he was not convinced.
תּוֹם הִשְׁתַּכְנֵעַ שֶׁהוּא יִהְיֶה מְאֻשָּׁר יוֹתֵר אִם יַעֲבֹר לבּוֹסְטוֹן.
Tom was convinced that he'd be happier if he moved to Boston.