הזמין hizmín is the everyday verb for both “invite” and “order,” so it is central to service encounters as well as social plans. Those meanings share one complete paradigm and one noun, הזמנה “invitation, order, reservation request.” Hebrew does not mark the distinction morphologically: the object and situation tell you whether people are being invited or goods and services are being ordered.
Complete paradigm
| Person | Past | Future |
|---|---|---|
| אני | הִזְמַנְתִּי hizmánti | אַזְמִין azmín |
| אתה | הִזְמַנְתָּ hizmánta | תַּזְמִין tazmín |
| את | הִזְמַנְתְּ hizmánt | תַּזְמִינִי tazmíni |
| הוא | הִזְמִין hizmín | יַזְמִין yazmín |
| היא | הִזְמִינָה hizmína | תַּזְמִין tazmín |
| אנחנו | הִזְמַנּוּ hizmánu | נַזְמִין nazmín |
| אתם · אתן | הִזְמַנְתֶּם · הִזְמַנְתֶּן hizmántem · hizmánten | תַּזְמִינוּ tazmínu |
| הם · הן | הִזְמִינוּ hizmínu | יַזְמִינוּ yazmínu |
| Form type | Forms | Register and use |
|---|---|---|
| present | מַזְמִין mazmín · מַזְמִינָה mazminá · מַזְמִינִים mazminím · מַזְמִינוֹת mazminót | neutral |
| imperative | הַזְמֵן hazmén · הַזְמִינִי hazmíni · הַזְמִינוּ hazmínu | true imperative; formal, written or forceful |
| conversational command | תַּזְמִין · תַּזְמִינִי · תַּזְמִינוּ | ordinary speech |
| infinitive | לְהַזְמִין lehazmín | neutral |
| action noun | הַזְמָנָה hazmaná | invitation or order |
The 2nd-person-plural past normally keeps stem stress in modern speech. Dedicated feminine-plural future and imperative forms are formal or literary; the common plural forms above serve mixed and all-female groups in ordinary Hebrew.
מה הזמנת?
ma hizmánta?
What did you order? (to a man)
אני כבר הזמנתי מונית.
aní kvar hizmánti monít.
I've already ordered a taxi.
הזמנו versus הזמינו
Root-final נ meets the first-person-plural suffix ־נו and merges in the pointed spelling as נּ: הִזְמַנּוּ is written הזמנו, “we invited/ordered.” Ordinary Israeli speech normally has one n-sound. Third-person plural keeps the long i and its yod: הִזְמִינוּ, written הזמינו, “they invited/ordered.”
הזמנו שולחן, אבל הם עדיין לא אישרו את ההזמנה.
hizmánu shulkhán, avál hem adáyin lo ishrú et hahazmaná.
We reserved a table, but they still haven't confirmed the reservation.
הם הזמינו כרטיסים לרכבת באינטרנט.
hem hizmínu kartisím larakévet ba'ínternet.
They ordered train tickets online.
Inviting people: את plus ל־
The invited person is a direct object. A definite person or group therefore takes את, and the event or destination normally takes ל־: הזמנתי את דנה למסיבה. When the people are indefinite, there is no את: הזמנו חברים לארוחה.
הזמנו את כל הצוות לחתונה.
hizmánu et kol hatsévet lakhatuná.
We invited the whole team to the wedding.
המסעדה הזמינה אותנו לטעום את התפריט החדש.
hamis'adá hizmína otánu lit'óm et hatafrít hekhadásh.
The restaurant invited us to taste the new menu.
The infinitive after ל־ can state what the invitee is welcome or expected to do. This same frame appears with passive participle מוזמן: את מוזמנת להצטרף, “you are welcome to join.”
Ordering goods, food and services
With the commercial sense, the ordered item is again a direct object. An indefinite item stands bare—להזמין פיצה, מונית, מקום—and a definite one takes את. Extra ל־ phrases identify a time, recipient or purpose; they do not belong to the verb itself.
אני רוצה להזמין פיצה בלי זיתים.
aní rotsé lehazmín pítsa bli zeitím.
I want to order a pizza without olives. (m. speaker)
תזמיני בבקשה שולחן לארבעה לשמונה בערב.
tazmíni bevakashá shulkhán le'arba'á lishmóne ba'érev.
Please reserve a table for four for eight in the evening. (to a woman)
הזמנתי תור לרופא ליום ראשון.
hizmánti tor larofé leyóm rishón.
I booked a doctor's appointment for Sunday.
הוזמן, מוזמן and הזמנה
The huf'al passive הוזמן covers both meanings: a person was invited; a product or service was ordered. Present מוזמן very often addresses a person and means “invited” or warmly “welcome to.” Context can still produce the commercial reading, as with מוצר מוזמן “an ordered item.”
אתם מוזמנים להישאר לקפה אחרי הארוחה.
atém muzmaním lehisha'ér lekafé akharéi ha'arukhá.
You're welcome to stay for coffee after the meal. (to a group)
הזמנה מראש חובה בסופי שבוע.
hazmaná merósh khová besoféi shavúa.
Advance booking is required on weekends. (notice)
The noun הזמנה remains genuinely ambiguous in isolation. קיבלתי הזמנה can mean “I received an invitation” or “I received an order,” though real settings usually make one reading obvious. מספר הזמנה is an order or booking number; הזמנה לחתונה is a wedding invitation.
קיבלתי את ההזמנה לחתונה במייל.
kibálti et hahazmaná lakhatuná baméil.
I received the wedding invitation by email.
Key Takeaways
- הזמין means both invite and order; the object and situation select the meaning.
- הזמנו hizmánu is “we invited/ordered”; הזמינו hizmínu is “they invited/ordered.”
- Invite a definite person with את and introduce the event with ל־.
- Goods and services are direct objects: הזמין פיצה, מונית, תור, שולחן.
- Huf'al הוזמן has both passive meanings; מוזמן ל־ commonly means “invited/welcome to.”
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