הִסְתַּבֵּךְ
Meanings
Hitpa'el verb
1. to be entangled, to be intertwined, to become complicated
2. to be confused, to lose one's way
3. to develop complications (medicine)
4. to get into trouble (with the law) (colloquial)
5. to fall in love, to become emotionally involved (colloquial)
6. to get into an argument (colloquial)
Pronunciation
histabékh
Examples60
אֲנִי לֹא מִסְתַּבֶּכֶת אִתְּכֶם.
I'm not messing with you.
אָמַרְתִּי לתּוֹם לֹא לְהִסְתַּבֵּךְ עִם מרי.
I told Tom not to get involved with Mary.
הִיא יָדְעָה שֶׁהִיא הִסְתַּבְּכָה אִתּוֹ.
She knew that she was in trouble with him.
תּוֹם הָיָה צָרִיךְ לָדַעַת שֶׁלֹּא לְהִסְתַּבֵּךְ עִם מרי.
Tom should have known better than to get involved with Mary.
אֲנִי מִסְתַּבֵּךְ והוֹלֵךְ מִדָּבָר אֶחָד למשנהו.
I am having trouble with one thing after another.
הַחַיִּים יְכוֹלִים לְהִסְתַּבֵּךְ.
Life can get complicated.