LESSON XVI
- The Imperfects of the remaining verb stems
- Recognizing Stems - the preformatives letters will remain in all stems
| 3 ms |
XXX y |
3mp |
U XXX y |
| 3 fs |
XXX T |
3 fp |
hfn XXX T |
| 2 ms |
XXX T |
2 mp |
U XXX T |
| 2 fs |
y i XXX T |
2 fp |
hfn XXX T |
| 1 cs |
XXX ) |
1 cp |
XXX n |
- The vowels for the preformatives are the best
clue for identifying the stems is to look at the prefix vowel (except 1cs).
All 3 ms preformatives
| iy |
. iy |
".a :y |
. u :y |
:tiy |
ay |
fy |
| Qal |
Niphal |
Piel |
Pual |
Hithpael |
Hiphil |
Hophal |
- Secondary identifiers - the pointing of the root (these
forms give the root without the preformative)
| l+:q |
[Qal] |
-regular
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| l"+fQ |
[Niphal] |
-dagesh forte
in first root letter
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| l"=aq |
[Piel] |
-dagesh forte in middle letter
-patah under first letter
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| la=uq |
[Pual] |
-dagesh forte in middle letter
-quibbus
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| l"=aq |
[Hithpael] |
| -dagesh forte in middle letter |
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| lyi+:q |
[Hiphil] |
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| la+:q |
[Hophal] |
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- Refers to action continuing the narrative. It turns the
perfect into the imperfect. It looks like . aw E.g. rim:$iYaw
- Shows motion towards something. It looks like hf E.g. hft:yaBah (to the
house)
- Conjunctive Dagesh Forte -- Is sometimes placed in the
initial consonant of a word in order to link it to the preceding word.
VOCABULARY
| }e+eB |
belly, body, womb |
| \rB |
he blessed |
| la)fG |
he redeemed |
| lalfh |
he praised |
| t)f=ax |
sin |
| {xl |
he fought |
| damfl |
he learned |
| )"lfm |
he was full |
| +alfm |
he escaped |
| )f&fn |
he lifted, carried |
| ratfs |
he concealed |
| }Of( |
iniquity, quilt |
| (a$eP |
rebellion, transgression |
| rabfq |
he buried |
| hf)fr |
he saw |
| a(yiqfr |
expanse, firmament |
| varf& |
he burned |
| |apf$ |
he poured out |
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