Biblical Hebrew Grammar Presentation

Biblical
Hebrew
Grammar
Basics
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Introduction
Why Learn Hebrew now?
For the Glory of Yeshua HaMashiach Ha

Ben Elohim. He is the Word after all.
For the equipping of the Kadoshim (saints).
For the raising up of the remnant of the ten
tribes of the Lost House of Israel.
8 Lessons, (3-4 hours per Lesson).

Simplified Grammar for Grandma.
Designed for Babes not Big Wigs...
...But you will have to work hard.
Ideal for 'Home Schoolers'...
...and 'Home Fellowships'.
Lessons
Lessons
Lessons
Introduction.
Lessons & Lesson Structure.
Prologue. (Free Study Aids).
1.
8 Aleph-Bet, Vowels, Verb Roots, Maqqef
2. Gender, Plurals, Duals, Numbers
L Def. Article, Conjunction, Prepositions
3.
E Direct Object, Person, Pronouns
4.
S
5.
S Questions, Pronominal Suffix
6.
O Qal Perfect, Vav Relative
7.
N Qal Imperfect, Vol., Infin., Participle, Vocab.
S Verbal Stems, Weak Verbs
8.
Books & Websites.
Epilogue (What Now).
Lessons
Lessons
Lesson Structure
On the DVD videos each Lesson is divided in half, with a talk in between.
Part 1 of Lesson.
Talk about various issues.
Practical information about what to do during the

turmoil of World War 3 and the regathering of the
Lost Tribes.
Biblical History regarding the Lost Tribes.
Biblical Prophecy to be fulfilled during the
regathering of the Lost Tribes.
Biblical Prophecy about the more distant future.
Torah from a Biblical Prophecy Perspective.
Part 2 of Lesson.
Each lesson has a list of exercises from two popular textbooks.

Lessons
Prologue
Free Study Aids
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Software - Hebrew Cue Cards CD
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Free Biblical Hebrew DVD & CD's
Audio - Hebrew Tenach (Old Testament) as mp3's (also available as a CD see next slide)
Books - Hebrew Grammar books
Cue Cards & Word Lists - for printing out and learning Hebrew letters and words
Fonts - free Hebrew fonts
Hebrew Blessings - rabbinical or Messianic Prayers for those that way inclined
Software - freeware bible and hebrew learning programs(mostly for Windows PC's)
Videos - free videos for learning hebrew downloaded from 'YouTube' website etc
Free Hebrew Bible (TNK) Audio CD
Audio MP3 CD
Hebrew Tenach
(Old Testament) as mp3's
Can be used with the Davar 3

Software to provide the audio
Files used by the software to
Read the verses out loud.
Davar 3
www.davar3.net
Hebrew, English & Greek
scripture bible program.
Has Hebrew audio of
Ecclesiastes
synchronised to text,
more audio mp3
can be downloaded,
read the help for
instructions once
installed.
Free Software - Hebrew Cue Cards CD

The following free software is also provided
to help you with Hebrew. You can go to their
websites for free updated versions.
Aleph Bet Quiz by Robert C. Graf
This is an extremely helpful program for learning the Hebrew
Aleph Bet (Alphabet).
It is simple to use, just click on the Hebrew letter that
appears randomly to guess the letter and if correct it will
speak it. You will soon learn them. Try 10 minutes every day!
Flash Cards
crosswire.org
Hebrew and Greek words with Multiple choice answers
-may require free Java software installed
Bible Programs
Davar 3
Cue Cards
www.wadeb.com/cuecard
This free software program combined with Hebrew
words and their audio pronunciation enables you to
quickly master the pronunciation of the various
Hebrew words and their vowels.
www.davar3.net
Hebrew and English and Greek scripture bible program.
Has audio of Ecclesiastes synchronised to text, more can be
downloaded, read the help for instructions once installed.
ISA Interlinear Scripture Analyser

www.scripture4all.org
e-Sword Bible Software

www.e-sword.net
Prologue
The End
Free Study Aids
8 DVD Hebrew Grammar Videos

Software & other Videos DVD & CD
Hebrew Bible (TNK) Audio CD
Software - Hebrew Cue Cards CD
We are now ready to begin the first of 8 Lessons.
Further Notes
At the end of Lesson 8 there is a list of useful Hebrew Books
that you can purchase online. These include;
Hebrew-English Interlinear Bibles,

Dictionaries
Biblical Hebrew Text books and exercise workbooks.
There is also a list of websites for learning Hebrew.
Lessons
The
End
of Prologue
Lesson 1 part 1
Part 1
Aleph-Bet
BeGeD KeFaT ( ) Letters

Final Forms
The Aleph Bet Song
Part 2
Vowels
Verb Roots
Sheva, Maqqef & Full Stop (Period)
Suggested Exercises
Biblical Hebrew
An Introductory Grammar
by Page H. Kelley
LESSON I
LESSON II
LESSON III
Lessons
Basics of Biblical Hebrew

Grammar by Gary D.
Pratico & Miles V. Van Pelt
Section 1: The Basics of Hebrew writing

1. The Hebrew Alphabet
2. The Hebrew Vowels
3. Syllabification and Pronunciation
Hebrew Aleph-Bet
Letter
How to
Name
write it
Alef
Bet
Gimel
Dalet
Heh
Vav
Zayin
Chet
Tet
Yod
Kaf

Pronunciation
silent
b as in boy
g as in God
d as in day
h as in hay
v as in van
z as in Zion
ch as in Bach
t as in toy
y as in yes
k as in king
MOVIE >The Aleph-Bet Song
1
Letter
How to
Name
write it
Software: Aleph Bet Quiz

by Robert C. Graf
Lamed
Mem
Nun
Samek
Ayin
Peh
Tsade
Quf
Resh
Shin
Tav
Pronunciation
l as in lion
m as in mother
n as in now
s as in sin
silent
p as in pastor
ts as in boots
k as in king
r as in run
sh as in ship
t as in toy
MOVIE >Aleph-Bet Meditation

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Letters in Red are the Final Forms which are used when the letter is at the end of a word.

i.e., the ones with the dots in them.
These can have a Hard sound (dot
inside) or a Soft sound (no dot).
Hard
b as in boy
g as in God
d as in day
k as in king
p as in pastor
t as in toy
Soft
v as in vine
gh as in aghast
dh as in the
ch as in Bach
ph as in alphabet
th as in thin
The dot is called a Dagesh Lene.

Lene
- (verb) to stress, emphasize
The dot can also be used to signify a

doubling of the letter, in which case it
is called a Dagesh Forte.
-it is placed in any letter except,
. , , , ,
How to tell the diffference
There are 3 rules used to distinguish
between a Dagesh Lene (only in BeGeD
KeFaT letter) & a Dagesh Forte,
1. A dot in any letter other than a BeGeD
KeFaT letter is a dagesh forte and
indicates the doubling of that letter.
2. A dot in a BeGeD KeFaT letter will be
a dagesh lene whenever that letter is not
immediately preceded by a vowel.
3. A dot in a BeGeD KeFaT letter will be
a dagesh forte whenever that letter 14
is immediately preceded by a vowel.
Letters with Final Forms
There are 5 letters that are written differently when at the end of a word.
These are called, Final Forms
called
Final
form
Examples
Regular
form
Kaf
Mem
Nun
Peh
Tsade
road, way
nations, peoples
old man, elder
money, silver
earth, land
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Song
The Aleph-Bet
While we're here in Hebrew School (

We're going to have some fun
It's going to be quite simple

'cause all you'll have to do
is sing the letters after me...
... then I'll sing after you...
Note:
final
form
letters
You
can
print
out in
this
red
bracketed
song
from theitalics
PDF
are
for
your
information
file on the DVD disk.
but not to be sung.
CHORUS
Aleph,
Gimmel,
Daled,
Vav,
Zayin,
Yud,
Kaf,
Lamed,
Samech,
Tsadee
(final
Shin,
Bet,
Let's learn the Aleph Bet ( )

Simple as it can be
You'll learn the Aleph Bet ( )
if you sing the letters after me
)Alpha Bet ( )
And Sing the Hebrew (

A Song for everyone
Vet,
x2
x2
Hay,
Chet,
Tet,
Chaf (final Chaf
Mem (final Mem

Ayin,
Sin,
x2
Pay,
) ,
Tsadee),
Tav.
),
Nun (final
Fay (final
Kuf,
x2
Nun),
Fay),
Resh,
x2
x2
x2
each letter has a name

and a sound it always makes
Now let's sing the special chorus
We'll have fun it will not bore us
It's the Aleph Bet ( )
CHORUS
Let's try it once again
Practice the Aleph Bet ( )
Each time we sing our song
Then the easier the letters get
You sing it first this time
Sing out loud let me hear your voice
I will hear you getting better
As you sing each Hebrew letter
It's the Aleph Bet (
You start it...
CHORUS
Each letter has a name
And a sound it always makes
Together they're the Alphabet
The Aleph Bet ( )
THE END
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Aleph Bet Song Video >
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Have a Cool Refreshing Break !

...You Deserve It !!!
Lesson 1 will Continue
We will look at the following topic/s next:
Vowels
Verb Roots
Sheva, Maqqef & Full Stop
(Period)
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Gardening
Independence
Come out of Babylon

Follow Yeshua
Study and keep His word
Learn Hebrew & Torah
Dig a garden
Share
I don't care
what the
economy is
doing,
or,
Natural Disasters,
Pestilence, Terrorism,
NWO, World War 3,
Famine, Aliens.
And neither should you.

Let's just do what our Father commands!
Lesson 1 part 2
Part 1
Aleph-Bet
Final Forms
The Aleph Bet Song
Part 2
Vowels
Verb Roots
Suggested Exercises
Biblical Hebrew
by Page H. Kelley
LESSON I
LESSON II
LESSON III
Lessons

Grammar by Gary D.

Vowels
Petach
Short
a as in Father
Qamets
Changeable
Long
a as in Father
Qamets Yod
Unchangeable
Long
Seghol
e as in Met
Tsere
Hireq
Qamets Hatuf
i as in Sit
e as in They
o as in Row
Tsere Yod
Hireq Yod
Seghol Yod
e as in They
Hateph Pathach Hateph Seghol

Reduced
(Half Vowels)
o as in Cost
Qibbuts
u as in Pull
Holom
a as in My
i as in Marine
Holom Vav
o as in Row
Shureq
u as in Rule
Hateph Qamets
SAME AS Petach, Seghol and Qamets, only shorter in duration
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Verb Roots
Hebrew words are derived from a basic verb (a doing word) called a root
composed of 3 letters.
Other letters can be added later to
change the meaning slightly.

(-vowels will change too)
3 letter verb root

means 'word'
means 'they will speak'
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Practice with Vowels
Melek
King
Yom
Day
Shamayim
Heaven
Navi
Prophet
Mizbeach
Altar
Yam
Sea
Kodesh
Holy
Makom
Place
Sadeh
Field
Mayim
Water
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Sheva, Maqqef, Full Stop (Period)

Sheva
Two vertical dots under a letter is called a Sheva,
Sheva
A Sheva denotes either;
the end of a syllable (called a Silent Sheva)
or a short 'eh' sound (called a Vocal Sheva).
vaYav - del
e.g. veHaAretz
e.g.
When two Sheva's are side by side,
the first is a Silent Sheva (i.e. end of syllable)
while the second is a Vocal Sheva (i.e. short 'eh' sound). e.g.
mach - shevot
A Sheva is silent if it is immediately preceded by a short vowel. In all other cases it is vocal.
Maqqef W
Y
Horizontal line, like a Hyphen and used in a similar way.
Can also mean 'of'. i.e. House of Israel
The Biblical Hebrew full stop (Period) :
Looks like a large Colon (two dots :).
Exodus 16:31
:
Genesis 1:1
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Completed
Part 1
Lesson 1
Aleph-Bet
Final Forms
The Aleph Bet Song
Part 2
Vowels
Verb Roots
Suggested Exercises
Biblical Hebrew
by Page H. Kelley
LESSON I
LESSON II
LESSON III
Lessons

Grammar by Gary D.

The
End
of Lesson 1
Lesson 2 part 1
Part 2
Part 1
Gender
Plurals
Duals
Adjectives
Numbers
Cardinals & Ordinals
Days of the Week & Months
Numeric values of letters
Suggested Exercises
Biblical Hebrew
by Page H. Kelley
LESSON VII
LESSON VIII
LESSON XIII
Lessons

Grammar by Gary D.
Section 2: The Basics of Hebrew Nouns

and Nominals
4. Hebrew Nouns
7. Hebrew Adjectives
11. Hebrew Numbers
Gender
In Hebrew, unlike English, words / things / nouns have gender,
masculine or feminine.
Feminine nouns can be identified because they have a

(There are some exceptions to this general rule.)
Masculine nouns don't have a
Masculine
tacked on the end of them.
king
prophet
youth, lad
horse
Feminine
queen
prophetess
maiden
mare
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Nouns - Plurals
In English if we want to say more than one of something we put an 's'
at the end of the word, this is called a plural.
For example,
singular
plural
House
Book
Law
Houses
Books
Laws
becomes
In Hebrew there two letters that are added to the end of the word to signify a plural.
And there are two types of plural endings,

one called Masculine and another called Feminine.
Masculine plural endings, have the letters
Feminine plural endings, have the letters
Let's look at some examples...
added to the noun (word for name or thing).

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Nouns - Plurals
Gender: Masculine
Masculine plural endings, have the letters

singular noun
horse
song
word
book
king
man
people
statute
son
cloud

plural noun
horses
songs
words
books
kings
men
peoples
statutes
sons
clouds
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Nouns - Plurals
Gender: Feminine
Feminine plural endings, have the letters

singular noun
mare
law
comman
dment
spirit
mother
daughter
soul
earth, land
father
dream

plural noun
mares
laws
command
ments
spirits
mothers
daughters
souls
lands
fathers
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dreams
Summary of Noun Endings

Let's summarise what we have just seen regarding Noun Endings.
Singular
Masculine Singular does not have a
letter added to it, it is just left as is.
Feminine Singular
word
/ /
law
Plural
Masculine Plurals end in
words
Feminine Plurals end in
laws
There are exceptions to these rules, for instance the Masculine singular word for
actually has a Feminine plural,

Also many Feminine singular words do not have a at the end of them. e.g.
Father,
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Dual nouns (meaning 'a pair' of something)
We have looked at singular and plural nouns. That is, things or people denoting
one or many. There is a third type of Noun called a Dual, meaning a pair.
The Dual looks pretty similar to a masculine plural which ends in
But the vowel sound is a little different,
. That is, it has an -ai-im sounding ending, not -im.
For example,
hand
ear
eye
foot
wing
lip
We add to words ending in
a pair of hands
a pair of ears
a pair of eyes
a pair of feet
a pair of wings
a pair of lips
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Adjectives (describing words)

An Adjective is a describing word, it is used to describe or limit a noun.
For example
Big House
Strong Man
Beautiful Woman
Many People
Hebrew adjectives have the same plural and gender as the noun they are describing.
(Except for irregular plurals)
a good man
a great King
a great Queen
a good
commandment
good men
great Kings
great Queens
good
commandments
good women
great cities
irreg. pl
a good woman
irreg. pl
a great city
Definiteness
irregular
plurals
in front!) with the noun.

the great [the] cities
Adjectives also agree in definiteness (putting a 'the'
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the great [the] city
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Numbers
Masculine & Feminine
Cardinals (1, 2, 3 etc)
st
nd
rd
Ordinals (1 , 2 , 3 etc)
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Did we wait
too long to
pack our
bags?
City
Limits
Lesson 2 part 2
Part 2
Part 1
Gender
Plurals
Duals
Adjectives
Numbers
Suggested Exercises
Biblical Hebrew
by Page H. Kelley
LESSON VII
LESSON VIII
LESSON XIII
Lessons

Grammar by Gary D.

and Nominals
4. Hebrew Nouns
11. Hebrew Numbers
)Numbers Cardinals (1-10) & Ordinals (1st-10th
Numbers like everything else in Hebrew occur as Masculine & Feminine.

)Ordinals (1st ,2nd ,3rd etc
Feminine
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Feminine
Masculine
)Cardinals (1 ,2 ,3 etc
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Masculine
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Numbers Days of the Week

st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
th
SUN
MON
TUE
WED
THUR
FRI
SAT
on the first day Lev 23:7

Compare with first day of creation week in Genesis 1:5
first day one
Gen 1:5
Gen 1:8
second day
Gen 1:13
third day
Gen 1:19
fourth day
Gen 1:23
D fifth day
Gen 1:31
the sixth day

on the seventh day Gen 2:2

Shabbat
(rested)
Note: a biblical day begins in the evening. Gen 1:5
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Numbers Cardinals - 11 to 19
2
Feminine
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Masculine
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
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Numbers - Months
Neh 2:1, Est 3:7
Est 8:9
Neh 6:15
Zec 7:1, Neh 1:1

Est 2:16
Zec 1:7
Est 3:7, 13, 8:12, 9:1, 1521, Ezra 6:15
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Nissan
Iyyar

Sivan
Tammuz
D
Av
Elul
Tishrei
Cheshvan
Kislev
Tevet
Shevet
Adar
Adar 2
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
Numbers - Cardinals 20-99
The Hebrew word for 20 is simply the plural of the word for 10,
, that is,
The words for 30, 40, 50 etc to 90 are simply the plural forms of 3, 4, 5 etc to 9.
That is, we add
to them.
20
Numbers between 20 & 30 etc are stated as

20 & 1 for 21 or 20 & 2 for 22 and so forth.
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Examples
40
50
60
70
80
90
or
= 21 (lit. 20 & 1)
= 22 (lit. 20 & 2)
= 48 (lit. 40 & 8)
Joshua 21:41
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Numbers - Cardinals Hundreds & Thousands
Thousands
Dual
Masc. construct + Masc. Plural
etc
1,000
2,000
Dual
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
= 30,000
Feminine construct + Fem. Plural
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Hundreds
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
Similarly for Tens of Thousands,

= 10,000
)20,000 = (Dual
Letter
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
Numeric
Value
Letter
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
- Numeric Values
Numeric
Value
Letter
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Numeric
Value
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
Letters in Red are the Final Forms

which are used when the letter is at
the end of a word.
Hebrew Aleph-Bet
Letters are used for chapter and verse 'numbers' much like Roman Numerals are in older
English bibles.
Genesis 1:5
:
:
Psalm 35:27
Numeric values of words can be calculated also.
Revelation 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number
of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
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Completed
Lesson 2
Part 2
Part 1
Gender
Plurals
Duals
Adjectives
Numbers
Suggested Exercises
Biblical Hebrew
by Page H. Kelley
LESSON VII
LESSON VIII
LESSON XIII
Lessons

Grammar by Gary D.

and Nominals
4. Hebrew Nouns
11. Hebrew Numbers
The
End
of Lesson 2
Lesson 3 - part 1
Part 1
Part 2
Special Letters in front of Prepositions
Words
in, by, with
Definite Article 'the'

as, like,
Conjunction 'and'
according to
to, for, at
from
that / which
Suggested Exercises
Biblical Hebrew
by Page H. Kelley
LESSON V
LESSON VI
Lessons

Grammar by Gary D.

and Nominals
5. Definite Article and Conjunction Waw
6. Hebrew Prepositions
Special letters in front of Words
the
and, but
in, on,
by, with
to, for
like, as,
according to
from
that,
which
There are a number of letters that when added to the start of a

word modify its meaning as follows...
Word
Modifying letter
Modified meaning
Lets look at an example

In English when we want to say 'the boys' we have a separate word,
THE, which we add to the word BOYS, i.e., The boys.
In Hebrew we don't have a separate word, THE.
We simply have a letter that we add,
Word
boys
Modifying letter
Modified meaning
the
the boys
There are other letters that have other meanings.

We will look at these in detail.
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the
The Definite Article '( the')

Word
hand
land
Modifying letter
Modified meaning
the land
the boys
the spies
the hand
plurals
boys
spies
+
+
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The Conjunction '( and' or 'but')

and, but
Word
Modifying letter
Modified meaning
a servant
and a servant
a man
and a man
the man
a woman
the woman
and the man

and a woman
and the woman
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The Conjunction
Note
and, but
Before
'( and' or 'but')
, or it is spelled with Shureq
+
+
and a king
and Pharaoh
Before Vocal Shewa it is spelled with Shureq
and books
and Samuel
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The Conjunction
'( and' or 'but')
The Vav with short vowels and qamets
D or ) *it is spelled
or )
and men
D
and truth
*
Before Hateph vowels (short vowels e.g.

with the corresponding short vowel ( e.g.
D +
*+
=
=
Before monosylabic words

Before some monosyllabic words or words with
initial accent it may be spelled with Qamets
+
+
=
=
and sheep
and bread
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The Conjunction
and, but
'( and' or 'but')
Summary
Basic Form
Before
Before Vocal Shewa

Before Hateph Vowels
Before Monosyllabic
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Prepositions
in, by, with

as, like, according to
to, for, at
from
that / which
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Joseph
& the
House of Israel
Lesson 3 - part 2
Part 1
Special Letters in front of

Words
Conjunction 'and'
Part 2
Prepositions
in, by, with
as, like,
according to
to, for, at
from
that / which
Suggested Exercises
Biblical Hebrew
by Page H. Kelley
LESSON V
LESSON VI
Lessons

Grammar by Gary D.

and Nominals
The Preposition '( in', 'on', 'by' or 'with')

Word
in, on,
by, with
Modifying letter
Modified meaning
a field
in a field
a truth
in truth
a temple
in a temple
) gets absorbed when is added.

+ = in the temple
The Definite article ( 'the

the temple
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The Preposition '( to' or 'for')

Word
Modifying letter
a young man
a covenant
to, for
say
+
+
+
the man
=
=
=
Modified meaning
for a young man

for a covenant
to say, saying

= to / for a man
The Definite article ( 'the'

a man
to / for the man

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The Preposition '( like', 'as' or 'according to')

Word
Modifying letter
a king
a covenant
Modified meaning
like a king
like a covenant
like, as,
according to
the king
like the king
the covenant like the covenant
The Definite article ( 'the'
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The Preposition /
'( from')
The preposition
occurs both as a Maqqef preposition
and as
an inseparable preposition, .
Maqqef W
Y
Horizontal line, , like a Hyphen
Maqqef Preposition
and used in a similar way. Can
also mean 'of'. i.e.House of Israel
from a king
Exodus 16:31
shortened to .
from a king
from a house
from a man
from the earth / land
Inseparable Preposition
from
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'( that' or 'which' or 'because')

Word
+
Modifying letter =
Modified meaning
that,
which
because I
that / which he will say
that / which he cometh
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Special letters in front of Words - Example Texts
* :
Genesis 1:1
* D

- - -:
the
and, but
in, on,
by, with
Genesis 1:26
* -
D D
-:
to, for
like, as,
according to
Genesis 1:7

D D -
D - - :
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Song 3:4
from
that,
which
Completed
Part 1
Lesson 3
Special Letters in front of

Words
Conjunction 'and'
Part 2
Prepositions
in, by, with
as, like,
according to
to, for, at
from
that / which
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Biblical Hebrew
by Page H. Kelley
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LESSON VI
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and Nominals
The
End
of Lesson 3
Lesson 4 - part 1
Sign of the Direct Object -
Part 1
Person (1st, 2nd, 3rd)

Pronouns
Independent Personal Pronouns
(I, thou, you, he, she, we, they)
Part 2
Demonstrative Pronouns
(this, that, these, those)
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and Nominals
8. Hebrew Pronouns
The Sign of the Direct Object -
66 books
22
Hebrew
letters
Verb
Noun
Noun
= 22 x 3
Genesis 1:1
The Aleph-Tav
is the channel or
Sign post that points to which Noun
(thing) the Verb is acting on.
is the Verb
acting on the Nouns and
through the that points to them.
i.e. the is the channel or sign post
In the Example above,
pointing the the Nouns.

MOVIE > Dr Larry Ollison - Aleph & Tav
So the
is the agent of creation,
the Word (
) of God.
Yochanan puts it this way,
John 1:1
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Unclean Food
4
Leviticus 11:4-7
Verb
Examples of

Noun
)(thing
D
i

D

Verb (doing word) in red, eg
i
that points to the followed by the
Noun (thing) in red, e.g.
4
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Raising the Tabernacle -
Examples of
Exodus 40:1-5
Verb

D
D %

)Noun (thing
Verb (doing word) in red, eg
that points to the

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followed by the
Noun (thing) in red, e.g.
Person (1st, 2nd, 3rd )

singular
Person = The speaker / narrator
st
1
I
You
(Thou)
She
He
person (I, We)
describes himself as doing the action, or

as existing in the state described by the verb.
I did
I know
I went
nd
We did
We know
We went
person (You, Thou)
... addresses the subject of the verb

You did
You (pl) did
You know
You (pl) know
You went
You (pl) went
rd
plural
We
You
person (He, She, They)
talks or writes about the subject of

the verb
They did
He did
They went
He went
She went
Examples of this 'Person' terminology is on the following slide >>>
They
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Independent Personal Pronouns (I, thou, you, he, she, we, they)
person
gender
1st
common
2nd
masculine
s i n g u l a r
,D
1cs
Thou
(You)
2ms
2nd
feminine
Thou
(You)
2fs
3rd
masculine
3rd
feminine
He
3ms
She
3fs
p l u r a l
We
You
You
1cp
2mp
2fp
, They
3mp
,
They
3fp
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1st Person = I (s), We (p)
2nd Person = Thou (s), You (s/p)
3rd Person =He, She, They (p)
Learn these words
1cs
examples
I am Yahweh (the Lord).
3ms
He is a righteous prophet.
2ms
You are a good king.
1cp
We are brothers
2fs
She is a wise woman.
2mp
You are in the great city.
Note, there are no words for 'is' or 'am' or 'are' in Hebrew...

...they are simply implied by context.
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Learn these words
examples from scripture
2ms
For you are dust, (Gn 3:19)
3fp
For they [fp] are holy (Ezk 42:14)
1cs
D
1cs
D
And I heard about you (Gn 41:15)

I am YHWH that healeth thee. (Ex 15:26)
2mp
When you cross the Jordan (Nu 33:51)
3ms
YHWH [he] is [the] God (1 Kg 18:39)
3fs
now she had not known a man (Jg 11:39)

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Church History
& the
10 Lost Tribes
of Israel
I
I
I
. & the
W
W.
Return
of the
Lost Tribes
i
W W q
Y
t tu tW

W Wt t

Y t tu
x

Y t W t tY
Wt
W W t
{ t Y
Y
Jeremiah 23:7-8
)Joel 2:30 (3:3

%

*:
)Hosea 2:23 (25
Lesson 4 - part 2
Part 1

Pronouns
Part 2
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and Nominals
8. Hebrew Pronouns
singular
fem
masc
fem
masc
plural
this
ms
this
fs
that
lit. he
ms
that
lit. she
fs
,
,
these
mp
these
fp
those
mp
those
fp
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Demonstrative Adjectives (this, that, these, those)
Hebrew demonstratives may be used either as

adjectives or as pronouns.
Demonstrative Adjectives follow (listed after) the noun while Demonstrative
Pronouns precede (listed before) the noun.
Lets look at Demonstrative Adjectives first.
Demonstrative Adjectives
follow the noun and agree in
gender, number and definiteness
(has 'the'
in front).
examples

fs
mp D
fp
ms
[the] this man

[the] this woman
[the] these good men
[the] these good women
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Demonstrative Adjectives (this, that, these, those)
Examples from scripture
Demonstrative Adjectives
ms
fs
fp
mp
this great thing (1 Sa 12:16)
this great evil (Gn 39:9)
these seven ewe lambs (Gn 21:29)
After these things (Gn 15:1)
fs
and the gold of that land is good (Gn 2:12)

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Now lets look at

Demonstrative
Pronouns...
precede the noun and agree
in gender and number but not
definiteness (does not have
the
- 'the' in front).
examples
ms

mp
D
That [lit. he] is the man.

These are the good men.
fs
That [lit. she] is the woman.
fp

ms
Those are the good women.
This is the thing (word) which the

LORD hath commanded. (Nm 30:1(2))
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ms

fs
ms

fs

fs
D
fs
D
This is the (lit. 'a') book of the generations
of Adam. (Gn 5:1)
This is not the way, nor is this the city
(2 Kgs 6:19)
This is the land (Nu 34:2)
This is now bone of my bones, (Gn 2:23)
that [ she ] is the well whereof the LORD
spake (Nm 21:16)
fs
That [ she ] is the great city (Gn 10:12)
mp

mp
These are the names (Ex 1:1)

that [lit. those] is the water of
Meribah in Kadesh (Nu 27:14)
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Completed
Lesson 4
Part 1

Pronouns
Part 2
Suggested Exercises
Biblical Hebrew
by Page H. Kelley
LESSON IX
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Grammar by Gary D.

and Nominals
8. Hebrew Pronouns
The
End
of Lesson 4
Lesson 5 part 1
Part 1
Questions
Yes / No
What
Who
Pronominal Suffixes
Masculine
Feminine
Part 2
Pronominal Suffixes
More examples
Blessings
Suggested Exercises
Biblical Hebrew
by Page H. Kelley
LESSON IX
LESSON XIII
Lessons

Grammar by Gary D.

and Nominals
8. Hebrew Pronouns
9. Hebrew Pronominal Suffixes
Questions
The question mark
A question with a yes or no type answer in Biblical Hebrew is denoted by putting a
Heh, in front of the sentence.
What
Who
Art [are] thou the man of God?

1 Kings 13:14
Is there not here a prophet?
2 Kings 3:11
What is your name?

Gn 32:27(28)
What is this thing?
Ex 18:14
who art thou, my son?

Gn 27:18
Who are these men with thee?
Nm 22:9 (KJV says 'what')
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Pronominal Suffixes -letters put on the end of words that tell us who we are talking to.5
Adon
Adonai
Adonainu
( Lord )
( my Lord )
( our Lord )
Elohainu
( our God )
mitzvah
( commandment )
mitzvot
( commandments )
mitzvotav
ben
benei
banekah
ishah
ishtekah
D
Great is our Lord (Ps 147:5)
( God )
Elohim
Examples
( his commandments )
( son )
( sons )
( thy sons )
( wife )
( thy wife )
*
The LORD our God spake unto us (Dt 1:6)

and keep his commandments (Dt 5:10)

thou, and thy sons, and thy wife (Gn 6:18)
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1cs
2ms
2fs
3ms
3fs
1cp
2mp
2fp
3mp
3fp
singular
alternate
plural
meaning
my / me
your / you
your / you
his / him
her / her
our / us
your / you
your / you
their / them
their / them
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You may wish to print this table out for handy reference.
Pronominal Suffixes - on masculine nouns

masculine singular
1cs
2ms
2fs
3ms
3fs
1cp
2mp
2fp
3mp
3fp
my horse
your horse
your horse
his horse
her horse
our horse
your horse
your horse
their horse
their horse
masculine plural
my horses
your horses
your horses
his horses
her horses
our horses
your horses
your horses
their horses
their horses
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Pronominal Suffixes - on feminine nouns

feminine singular
1cs
2ms
2fs
3ms
3fs
1cp
2mp
2fp
3mp
3fp
my law
your law
your law
his law
her law
our law
your law
your law
their law
their law
feminine plural
my laws
your laws
your laws
his laws
her laws
our laws
your laws
your laws
their laws
their laws
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singular alternate
1cs
2ms
2fs
3ms
3fs
1cp
2mp
2fp
3mp
3fp
plural
meaning
my / me
your / you
your / you
his / him
her / her
our / us
your / you
your / you
their/them
their/them
2ms
3fs
3ms
3mp
3ms

2ms
your (ms) ways (Josh 1:8)

your (ms) garments
(1 Kg 22:30)
her sons (Is 66:8)
his days (Jb 14:5)
in their lands (Gn 10:5)
words of his servant
(1 Sam 26:19)
2x 3ms
his hands and his feet

(Jg 1:6)
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Edom's
New World Order
the
Serpent's Seed
Lesson 5 part 2
Part 1
Questions
Yes / No
What
Who
Pronominal Suffixes
Masculine
Feminine
Part 2
Pronominal Suffixes
More examples
Blessings
Suggested Exercises
Biblical Hebrew
by Page H. Kelley
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Grammar by Gary D.

and Nominals
8. Hebrew Pronouns
Pronominal Suffixes
More examples from scripture

D D
and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy

sons' wives (Gen 6:18)
And [he] said to them, (Gn 9:1)
And you shall say to him (Ex 9:13)
who were left behind them in the
land (2 Ch 8:8)
And Amasa went in before them

(2 Sa 20:8)
for all the earth is mine (Ex 19:5)
D
*D
do to her as it pleaseth thee.

[lit. good in your eyes] (Gen 16:6)
they will turn away your heart after
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their gods: (1Ki 11:2)
Pronominal Suffixes
2ms
2fs
3ms
3fs
1cp
2mp
2fp
3mp
3fp
1cs
me
you
you
him
her
us
you
you
them
them
/ - Object Marker Preposition
with me
Interestingly the Aleph-Tav,

, is
used to denote Yeshua as the word
of God.
with you
And here it is used in relation to the

Hebrew words for;
with you
me, you, him, her, us, them.
with him
with her
with us
with you
with you
with them
with them
This perhaps hints at the fact that if

we are in Yeshua then we become
one with Him as He is one with the
father, which is what he prayed for to
the father before his crucifixion on on
the cross.
And now I am no more in the

world, but these are in the
world, and I come to thee.
Holy Father, keep through
thine own name those whom
thou hast given me, that they
may be one, as we are..
John 17:1191
Pronominal Suffixes
/ - Object Marker Preposition
D
D

D
D

D
D
and then you shall serve us (1 Sam 17:9)

but you have deserted me, (Jg 10:13)
Behold, thou hast driven me out this
day (Gn 4:14)
to the king who sent you (2 Kgs 1:6)
But with thee will I establish my
covenant (Gn 6:18)
for I am with you to save you, and to
deliver you from his hand. (Jer 42:11)
Then said Saul unto the people that were
with him, (1Sa 14:17)
in that thou art a comfort unto them. 92
(Ezk 16:54)
Pronominal Suffixes - Blessings

Example from scripture
Aaronic Blessing

and he shall
keep you
Yahweh
24
to you
to
and he
you shall put
to you
your / you
25
his / him
my / me
faces Yahweh He shall

of him
light up

peace
He shall
bless you
%
and he shall be
gracious you
Numbers 6:24-27
26
faces Yahweh he shall

of him
lift
D
D D your / you
27
I shall bless
you
and I
Israel
sons upon my
of
name
noun
(thing)
and they
shall put
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verb

Traditional Jewish Blessing of the
Bread + Wine
Bread
our
,
.
"Blessed are you, YHVH, our God, King of the

universe, who brings forth bread from the earth."
Wine
,
.
"Blessed are You, YHVH, our God, King of the

universe, who creates the fruit of the vine."
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Blessing for
Lighting Shabbat Candles

Rabbinic
,
. ,
"Blessed are you, YHVH, our God, King of the universe, who sanctified us
with his commandments and commanded us to kindle the sabbath candles."
our
Messianic
/
his
,
him
,
.
"Blessed are You, YHVH, our God, King of the universe, who sanctified
us with his commandments, and commanded us to be a light to the 95
nations and who gave to us Yeshua our Messiah the light of the world."

Blessing for
Reading Torah
Before Reading Torah
,
.
.
"Blessed are you, YHVH, our God, King of the universe, who chose us from all the
peoples and gave to us His Torah. Blessed are You, YHVH, giver of the Torah."
our
After Reading Torah
/
,
his
him
. *
.
"Blessed are You, YHVH, our God, King of the universe, who gave us the Torah96of
truth and implanted eternal life within us. Blessed are you YHVH giver of the Torah."
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Part 1
Questions
Yes / No
What
Who
Pronominal Suffixes
Masculine
Feminine
Part 2
Pronominal Suffixes
More examples
Blessings
Suggested Exercises
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by Page H. Kelley
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LESSON XIII
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Grammar by Gary D.

and Nominals
8. Hebrew Pronouns
The
End
of Lesson 5
Lesson 6 part 1
Part 1
Qal Perfect (Past Tense)
Part 2
Vav Relative
Suggested Exercises
Biblical Hebrew
by Page H. Kelley
LESSON XII
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Section 3: Introduction to Hebrew

Verbs and the Qal Stem
13. Qal Perfect Strong Verbs
17. Waw Consecutive
Qal Perfect 'past tense' completed action

In the previous Lesson (5) on Pronominal Suffixes we learnt that in Hebrew we can add
some letters to the end of a noun (name or thing). These letters at the end are called suffix.
For example,
Camel becomes
or Your Camels
or
My Camel
or
Our Camel
or
Their Camel
Their Camels
So these are just letters added to the end (suffixes) to tell us who something/one belongs to.
Well a similar thing is done with verbs (doing words) -we add a suffix to the verb.
But instead of who something belongs to we are interested in who has done (verb) something.
For example,
. (all three letter verb roots are 'past tense')

she guarded
Heh, to becoming ( she guarded).
Similarly,
you guarded then I add a Tav, to becoming ( you guarded).
Or,
I guarded then I add a Tav-Yod, to becoming (I guarded).
If I want to say he guarded, I would write,

If I want to say
then I add a
If I want to say
If I want to say
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These suffixes can be written in a table as follows...
Qal Perfect 'past tense' completed action

Here is a table of all the suffixes that we add to the
verb, in this example for the verb he guarded
singular
3ms
There are singular verb forms and plurals.
3fs
The suffixes shown here are for what is called the

Qal Perfect of the Strong Verb.
2ms
The word Qal means light (not heavy) &

denotes the type of verb,
what letters and vowels it uses.
We will only use Qal strong verbs and
tables in the examples here.
The Qal Perfect verb forms usually denotes a
'past tense' verb which can also be described as a
completed action.
But;
It can mean 'present tense', depending on the context.
And;
It can be changed to a future tense word by adding
an 'and'
and (using the letter vav)
vav to the beginning.
(We will look at this later).
Let's look at some examples...
2fs
1cs
plurals
3cp
2mp
2fp
1cp
he guarded
she guarded
you guarded
(to a man)
you guarded
(to a woman)
I guarded
they guarded
you guarded
(to men)
you guarded
(to women)
we guarded
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Qal Perfect 'past tense'
he guarded
3ms
3fs she guarded
you guarded
2ms
(to a man)
3fs
you guarded
2fs
*
(to a woman)
1cs I guarded
3fs E
%
3ms
3ms
2ms
*
2fs

1cs
singular examples
and the darkness he called
night (Gn 1:5)
And king David [he] sent
to Zadok (2Sa 19:11)
the fire of God [she] is fallen
from heaven (Jb 1:16)
He will call Woman, because
she was taken out of Man (Gn2:23)
thou servedst not YHWH thy
God with joyfulness (Dt 28:47)
Nay; but thou didst laugh
(Gn 18:15) - Angel to Sarah
with all my power
I have served
your father. (Gn 31:6)
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More
2mp
3cp
2fp
1cp
they
guarded
you
guarded
(to men)
you
guarded
(to women)
we
guarded
3cp
plural examples
the sons of Israel [they]
walked (Jos 5:6)
3cp
2mp

2mp
2fp

1cs
D
1cp
but the sons of Israel [they] did

not remember YHWH (Jg 8:34)
ye have taken my silver and my

gold (Joel 3:5)
and ye would not hear
(Gn 42:22)
And ye know that with all my
power
I have served your father. (Gn
31:6) - Jacob speaks to his wives
We have found water.
(Gn 26:32)
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The Vav Consecutive (Relative)

& Time
The Vav Consecutive
& The Qal Perfect
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The Rise & Fall

of
Babylon
Daniel 2:43
~
YY tu Y
Y
xY Y
Y
tu W Y Y
Babylon
&
Star Trek
Lesson 6 part 2
Part 1

Part 2
Vav Relative
Suggested Exercises
Biblical Hebrew
by Page H. Kelley
LESSON XII
Lessons

Grammar by Gary D.

17. Waw Consecutive
Vav Relative (Consecutive) -
Strangely, in biblical Hebrew if we write the letter Vav, , for 'and' at the
beginning of a verb it will change from 'past tense' to 'future tense'.
This property of the Vav is called the Vav Consecutive or Vav Relative.
This is why the Qal Perfect is called a perfect and not just a past tense verb.
- It is usually a past tense verb,
- but when a vav, , (meaning 'and' or 'but') is added the verb becomes a 'future tense' verb.
This may seem quite illogical to a western minded person.

But it has deep meaning in the Word of God, and we will look at this shortly.
For now, let's just see a few examples.
+
=
+
=
PAST
FUTURE
( and)
PAST
FUTURE
( and)
said Pharaoh (Ex 5:10)

And Pharaoh will say (Ex 14:3)
[they] served (Jos 24:14)

But [or 'And' ] they shall serve
(Jer 30:9)
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Yeshua is beyond time
I am Alpha and Omega

Omega,,
the beginning and the ending,
saith the Lord,
which is,
and which was,
and which is to come,
PRESENT
PAST
FUTURE
the Almighty.
Revelation 1:8
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Yahweh's Timeless Name -
Hebrew
PAST
'Hoveh' PRESENT
'Yihyeh' FUTURE
='Yahweh' ETERNAL
'Hahyah'
He was
He is
He will be
He was, He is, He will be
Yahweh i.e. 'Jehovah' or 'LORD'
This is the word usually translated 'LORD' in the Old Testament.

So God's Timeless Eternal nature, is reflected in His name.
He was and He is and He will be i.e. The Eternal Lord.
(Time Lord!) Or Lord of History, past present and future.
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Eternity
So we see that...
He was, He is, He will be.
If God is outside of time then it stands to reason that his view of history
would be very different from ours.
In fact He would be able to not only see the end from the beginning,
he would be able to turn to any page...
...after all, the world was made by His word
(Genesis 1, John 1 In the beginning was the word...)
We are like the words on the page, but God,
the author can turn to any page of history.
And he can take his servants the bible prophets and show them things in the future!!!
So we can begin to see what the Vav is all about...
The Vav Consecutive
shows us Yahweh's timelessness, (both the Father and the
Son) because the Vav changes the past into the future when added to a verb. 110
The End is in the Beginning (

W )
the former things

Remember
of old: for I am God, and there
is none else; I am God, and
* there is none like me,
the end from the
D tt WW Declaring
beginning, and from ancient
the things that are not
*D D times
yet done, saying, My counsel
shall stand, and I will do all
my pleasure: Isaiah 46:9-10
So the end, , is in the beginning
W.
-this should remind us of the words of Genesis 1:1
*W
:
Genesis 1:1
PAST
PRESENT
FUTURE
The events of the book of Revelation are heading towards the events of Genesis
.
There, in the beginning,
, the Heavens & Earth were created, later Babel was built,
then it was destroyed (Rev. 18) and a New Heaven and Earth is created (Rev. 21).
i.e. we have come full circle. Yahweh's will is finally done on earth as it is in Heaven.
Therefore,
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we should not at all be surprised that the vav, , that connects the Heaven & ( ) Earth when put at
the beginning of a verb changes a verbs tense from last to first, from past to future (or future to past!).
The Vav , that Connects Heaven & Earth
*
:
t W YY W
The First Aleph Tav relates the creator to the heavens and so = Son of God
Genesis 1:1
is (John
wisdom
. Let
himHe
that
hath
Yeshua was always the SonHere
of God.
8:58)
Before
was
born of a virgin named Miriam
('Mary'). He existed inunderstanding
heaven and often count
visited the
to appear
as the
Angel
theEarth
number
of the
beast
: of Yahweh to destroy
Sodom or wrestle with Jacob or give the Law to Moses on Mt Sinai and show him His Glory.
for it is the number of a man;

his number
is later birth that he legally became the
But it was only through his conceptionand
in Miriams
womb and
Son of Man, or Ben Adam in Six
Hebrew.
It was threescore
through his life
as asix
perfect
sinless man, that he
hundred
and
.
was able to become the New federal Head of Adams fallen race and so redeem it. (1Co 15:45)
Rev 13:18
The letter vav, , is the sixth letter and it appears in the sixth word of Gen 1:1, Man was made on the sixth day.
You may recall Rev 13:18 tells us plainly that 6 is related to man and the beast, both created on the 6th day.
Jesus said unto them,
And so it is written, to
The
first man Adam
Last Aleph Tav
relates the creator
the earth through the Vav, becoming
Verily,
verily, Isoul;
say unto
was made
a living
the you,
last Adam
that is, Son of God
+Before
Son
ofAbraham
Man
= was, I spirit.
Perfect Man and Perfect God,
am.
was
made
a
quickening
lifted up between Heaven and Earth

and
John
8:58connecting the Earth to Heaven,
1Co
15:45
- via his crucifixion.
crucifixion
Now, interestingly, the word,
, rearranged means sign,
...
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The Vav, , that Connects Heaven & Earth is related to a Sign - 6
Note - In Biblical Hebrew two different words spelt with the same letters but in a different order have a related meaning.
*
:
t W YY W
Genesis 1:1
= sign (ot)
Jews require a sign (1Co 1:22),
...
v 23 But we preach Messiah crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness
Now the Sabbath reminds us that Yahweh is creator and it is related to the word, sign,
i D i

i
t Y Y
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath
throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made
heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. (Ex 31:17)
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And so the sign,

, is also related to the creation of the heavens and the earth,
& is also related to the Sabbath and thus to time!, through the presence of the Vav, in the
Vav Consecutive/Relative - - examples with Qal Perfect
I have perhaps given you a taste of the unusual nature of the Hebrew Grammar in relationship
to time. Now that you can begin to see the otherworldliness and heavenly dimension of the
word of God in Hebrew, let's get back down to earth and look at some more examples of the
Vav Consecutive changing the Qal Perfect 'past tense' verb into the 'future tense'.
3ms
Note:
and [ he shall ] say unto the
often the Vav
woman (Nm 5:19)
changes the
2ms
Then thou shalt say, They be thy
'past tense'
servant Jacob's (Gn 32:18 (19) )
to the
'present
1cs
and I will say to them which were
tense'
also.
not my people (Hos 2:23 (25) )
3cp
- it is easy to
that [and] they shall say,
tell by the
This is his wife (Gn 12:12)
context.
2mp
and [you shall] say unto them,
we are your servants (Jos 9:11)
D D D
1cp
D
You will come across the Vav Consecutive,, on almost every verse so it is important,
and it can be confusing when first learning the perfect and imperfect verb forms.
and we will say, Some evil beast

hath devoured him: (Gn 37:20)
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The Next lesson (7) will be about 'future tense' words using the Qal Imperfect
(They are changed to 'past tense' verbs using the Vav Consecutive.)
Completed
Lesson 6
Part 1

Part 2
Vav Relative
Suggested Exercises
Biblical Hebrew
by Page H. Kelley
LESSON XII
Lessons

Grammar by Gary D.

17. Waw Consecutive
The
End
of Lesson 6
Lesson 7 part 1
Part 2
Part 1
Volitives
Imperative
Cohortive
Jussive
Infinitive
Participle
Vocabulary
Qal Imperfect
(Future Tense)
Suggested Exercises
Biblical Hebrew
by Page H. Kelley
LESSON XV
LESSON XVI (just the Vav Consecutive)
LESSON XIX
Lessons

Grammar by Gary D.
Section 3: Introduction to Hebrew Verbs
and the Qal Stem
15. Qal Imperfect Strong Verbs
20. Qal Infinitive Construct
21. Qal Infinitive Absolute
22. Qal Participle
Qal Imperfect 'future tense'

Remember the Qal Perfect 'past tenses' that were
in the last lesson had suffixes attached to the ends
(left) of the verbs.
The Qal Imperfect 'future tenses' on the other hand

always have prefixes at the front (right of word), plus a
suffix sometimes added to the end.
See here
3ms
3fs
You will need to become very familiar with both of

these tables for the Qal Perfect and the Imperfect as
they occur all the time on every sentence in the bible.
Don't worry if you can't remember all of them but

keep the table handy as you read the word in
Hebrew. You will soon begin to remember with use.
2ms
2fs
1cs
3mp
A big confusion for beginners is that when you add a

3cp
3fp
vav (and) to the beginning of any verb it changes or
affects the tense. (We saw this in the last lesson, a Qal
2mp
Perfect 'past tense' word becomes a 'future tense').
If a vav (and) is added to a Qal Imperfect the

opposite occurs, the 'future tense' is changed to a
'past tense' completed action or 'present tense' etc.
Again, practice makes perfect. You should be

reading the word slowly and painstakingly.
We will look at plenty of examples in this lesson...
2fp
1cp
7
he
hewill
guarded
guard
she
shewill
guarded
guard
you
youwill
guarded
guard
(to a man)
you
youwill
guarded
guard
(to a woman)
I Iwill
guarded
guard
they will
guard
they will
they guarded
guard
you
youwill
guarded
guard
(to men)
you
youwill
guarded
guard
(to women)
we
wewill
guarded
guard
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3ms
3fs
2ms
1cs
2fs
he will guard
she will guard
you will
guard
(to a man)

3ms
3ms
D
3fs
you will
guard (to a

2ms
I will guard

2ms

woman)
2fs
singular examples
and he shall dwell in the
presence of all his brethren.
(Gn 16:12)
for he shall bear their
iniquities. (Is 53:11)
[she shall] be queen instead of
Vashti. (Est 2:4)
Thou shalt not steal. (Ex 20:15)
YHWH, thou wilt ordain peace
for us: (Is 26:12)
Rejoice not thou [fem], whole
Palestina, (Is 14:29)
1cs

1cs
I will require it of him.

(Dt 18:19)
I will not rule over you
(Jdg 8:23)
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3mp
3fp
2mp
2fp
they will
guard
3mp
they will
guard
you will
3mp
guard
D
you will

guard
3fp
we will
guard
2fp

2fp
E
(to men)
(to women)
1cp
No
examples
of the Qal
Strong
Verb form
in bible
Lamed Guttural
(Weak Verb)
Lamed Aleph
(Weak Verb)
1cp
D
1cp
plural examples
neither shall they wear a
rough garment (Zec 13:4)
the humble [they] shall hear
(Ps 34:2)
but the years of the wicked
[they] shall be shortened.
(Pr 10:27)
She put her hand to the nail
(Jdg 5:26)
why then call ye me Naomi
(Rth 1:21)
how then should we steal out
of thy lord's house..? (Gn 44:8)
And we will cut wood out of
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Lebanon (2 Ch 2:16)
Vav Consecutive/Relative - - with Qal Imperfect
If we add a vav, , to the beginning of a verb we change the

tense. We have seen it change from past to future already in
Lesson 6 with the vav added to the Qal Perfect verb forms.
he will guard
3fs she will guard
Now we shall see the vav ('and'), added to a Qal Imperfect
that will change its tense from future to a past.
you
will
guard
2ms
singular examples
3ms
2fs you will guard
And YHWH [he] said unto Moses
(Ex 4:21)
1cs
I will guard
3fs
she said unto him, I am the
And
daughter of Bethuel (Gn 24:24)
3ms
(to a man)
(to a woman)
2ms
q *
2fs
*
1cs
and thou hast said, I am a God, I

sit in the seat of God (Ezk 28:2)
and thou saidst, I will not
transgress (Jr 2:20)
I said unto my master,

D And
(Gn 24:39)
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Vav Consecutive/Relative - - with Qal Imperfect
they will
3fp
guard
2mp you will guard
2fp you will guard
1cp
we will guard
3mp

3mp
3fp
E D
3mp
they will
guard
(to men)
(to women)
Here are some plural examples of the Vav with the Qal
Imperfect verb, changing it from future tense to past
tense.
No examples of the Vav

Consecutive with the Qal 2fp
Verb form in bible.
1cp
plural examples
And all the people shouted, & [they]
said, God save the king. (1Sa 10:24)
and they said, Is this
Naomi? (Ruth 1:19)
And we said unto my lord, We have
a father, an old man, (Gn 44:20)
2mp
ye have said unto him

r and
(1Sa 10:19)
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Comparison of Qal Perfect & Imperfect

3ms
3fs
2ms
2fs
1cs
3cp
2mp
2fp
1cp
he guarded
3ms
she guarded
3fs
you guarded
(to a man)
2ms
you guarded
(to a woman)
2fs
I guarded
1cs
3mp
they guarded
3fp
you guarded
(to men)
2mp
you guarded
(to women)
2fp
we guarded
1cp
he will guard
she will guard
you will guard
(to a man)
you will guard
(to a woman)
I will guard
they will
guard
they will
guard
you will guard
(to men)
you will guard
(to women)
we will guard
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You may wish to print these tables out for handy reference.
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Volitives
Imperative
Cohortive
Jussive
Infinitive
Participle
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The
Aleph Tav
&
Unity
Loving God through Obedience

to His Commandments
Lesson 7 part 2
Part 2
Part 1
Qal Imperfect
(Future Tense)
Volitives
Imperative
Cohortive
Jussive
Infinitive
Participle
Vocabulary
Suggested Exercises
Biblical Hebrew
by Page H. Kelley
LESSON XV
LESSON XIX
Lessons

Grammar by Gary D.
and the Qal Stem
22. Qal Participle
Volitives - Cohortative, Imperative, Jussive

Volitives are used to express a command, wish or desire.
So Volitives express the will of the speaker. (The word Volitive comes from the
Latin volo to will and it is related to the English word volition = will)
Hebrew has three volitives:

Imperative: volitive of the 2nd person,
for example, Listen!

Cohortative: volitive of the 1st person,
for example, Let me listen!
Jussive: volitive of the 3rd person,
for example, Let him listen!
We will look at
these in a little
more detail in the
next 3 slides.
Don't get too bogged down with the following slides.

It's really just for your information.
Just be aware that Hebrew grammarians have a special classification for everything.
And in this case when you want to express a wish for someone to do something, the
verbs have a certain form. It's not actually that necessary for you to remember all
the vowels in these volitives to identify them since the context should help.
At least now you know Volitives exists and you can refer to them here if you wish.
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Volitives Imperative (2nd Person): a command!

2ms
2fs
2mp
2fp
You Guard
(to a man)
You Guard
(to a woman)
You Guard
(to men)
You Guard
(to women)
An imperative is basically a command

to do something.
Thus it only appears in the 2nd person
(you do such and such).
You can usually tell it's an imperative
(command) just from context.
2ms

weak verb
2ms
*
pronominal suffix
2ms

2fs

2mp

2fp

imperative examples
...keep His commands, and
His judgments (Dt 8:11)
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our
God is one LORD: (Dt 6:4)
judge me, O LORD (Ps 7:8)
say of me, He is my brother
(Gn 20:13)
...buy us a little food.
(Gn 43:2)
cry, ye daughters of
Rabbah (Jer 49:3)
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Volitives Cohortative (1st Person): a wish, request..
Like the Imperative the Cohortive is used to express a wish, request

- Let us make man in our image (Gn 1:26).
or command.
Cohortative
Let me
write.
1cs
Let us
write.
1cp
Imperfect
Volition in the 1st person (I, me, us).

Used to express purpose or result.
Translated:
Let me or Let us do such & such
The cohortative is the first person imperfect (1cs, 1cp), to which

is added.
This
is not to be confused with
used as the feminine singular noun ending.
1cp

1cp
D
1cp
1cs

1cs

Let us break their

bands asunder (Ps 2:3)
let us make a covenant, I and
thou (Gn 31:44)
let us come near together
to judgment. (Is 41:1)
and I will make an everlasting
covenant with you, (Is 55:3)
So shall I keep thy law
continually (Ps 119:44)
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Volitives Jussive (3rd Person): strong wish or mild command. 7

The Jussive is used to express a strong wish or mild command.
- Let Reuben live, and not die (Dt 33:6)
Positive volition in the 3rd person (he, she, 'it', they).

With strong verbs, the form of the Jussive is the same as its
corresponding Imperfect form.
e.g., may be translated as either he will write or let him write.
The presence of the particle will suggest the Jussive translation.

3ms
D D
3ms

3ms

3ms
D
3ms

Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over

before his servant: (Gn 33:14)
The LORD shall add to me
another son. (Gn 30:24)
Let Reuben live, and not die;
(Dt 33:6)
he will now remember their
iniquity (Jer 14:10)
Let there be light: (Gn 1:3)
So that's it for the Volitives, - Imperative (2nd), Cohortative (1st), Jussive (3rd).
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Infinitive (Absolute & Construct)
An Infinitive in English is a phrase to do something, for example;
to hear
Notice that these phrases are verbs, and notice that although they
to judge
are doing words, they are not speaking in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person.
to learn
And they are not specifically to a man or woman, singular or plural.
-so they're called infinitives because they're not marked for person, gender or number.
Absolute
Construct
to guard
to guard
Infinitives are infinite conjugations in that they are

not marked for person, gender, or number.
Hebrew has two infinitives: Infinitive Construct
Construct and
Infinitive Absolute.
Absolute
Infinitive Construct -a verbal noun. Infinitive Absolute -unlike construct, the absolute
As Verbal, it is translated with a
preposition plus a verb, i.e. to learn
never takes a preposition. It has a number of uses. Two

of the most common are as follows.
to learn
It is used in conjunction with other verbs to emphasize

or intensify the verbal action. e.g. Dt 7:18 You shall
to judge surely remember what the Lord your God did.
to rule
As a Noun it can be used as

The subject:
to learn is hard work
The object of the verb:
I want to learn
*D
Can be used in place of an imperative to express a
command. e.g. Ex 20:8
Remember the Sabbath to keep it holy. 131
Participle (Active & Passive)

In English a Participle is formed by adding -ing to a verb.
-These are called Active Participles.
i.e. walking, cycling, eating, sleeping.
judging
shedding blood
A Participle can also be formed by adding -ed to a verb.

i.e. walked, blessed, opened, killed.
-These are called Passive Participles.
slaughtered

Active
Passive
opened
guarding
guarded
Participles occur as masculine and feminine, singular and plurals.

There is much more to participles than described here. If you would like 132
to know more about Hebrew Participles then please consult a text book.
Final notes on Learning Hebrew: Vowel Pointing
The Hebrew Scriptures may be written without vowels, in which case it is called
'Unpointed' text, or it may be written with vowels, called 'Pointed' text. Finally it may be
'Pointed with Cantillation' marks for chanting.
-
W Genesis 1:1-2

Unpointed
Pointed
*
*
Pointed with Cantillation
s
s
q
t
q
u
v
w i
s *
q
i s q *
x u t u
x
Cantillation marks & chanting scripture are not covered in this course.
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Final notes on Learning Hebrew
1. In this course, get the basic gist of the Grammar but don't get too hung up on it.
Simply print out the tables for the;
Pronominal Suffixes in Lesson 5.
Perfect and Imperfect forms of the Qal verb stem in Lessons 6 & 7.
2. Concentrate on Vocabulary! (at the end of this Lesson next slide!)
Learn the most common words first! (a few hundred words would be a great help for the
next step....
...which is;
3. Start reading the bible in Hebrew! Once I got some words & simple grammar under my belt
I decided to just read the bible in Hebrew. I determined not to read it in English at all but to
devote all my daily bible reading time to reading in Hebrew only. Of course I had an English
translation nearby to help with the Hebrew.
Now there are free interlinear bibles for PC such as ISA. You can also use e-sword or Davar3
also available for free (see free software section). Even if you don't cover the same amount of
scripture in your daily readings while reading Hebrew, you will slowly gain a greater depth of
insight.
Persevere, after a few years of disciplined study and gradual gain of vocabulary you will be
able to gain much more insight than from an English bible, as good as they are. There is just no
substitute for the original Hebrew in terms of the depth of understanding that can be gained, with
of course the Spirit of Yahweh, the Ruach HaKodesh teaching us.
Vocabulary
The vocabulary list on the following slides are ordered with the most common words first.
It is strongly recommended that you learn these words, the most common first, so that
you can begin reading the Hebrew bible. Print them out from the pdf file of these slides. 134
The vocabulary is also available on the cue cards software program. Vocab slides 135-154.
Vocabulary words occurring over 2000-10,000 times in bible 7
man, husband
not (negates a specific action)
god, God, (the god) El
God, gods
mother (f)
if, or, either
G: to confirm, support; H: to believe,
trust
to say
(rel pr) who, which, what; (cj) that, so
that, since, because, for
you (fs)
house (m)
son, grandson; (fig.) member, one (of
a category)
sons (irreg mp)
he, it
Judah
LORD, YHWH
Israel
as, even as, when
for, because, that, indeed, surely,
when, (intro to quote)
all, each, every, any
not (general prohibition) or negation
of single word
saying (introduces a quotation)
to be full
messenger, angel
king
to reign, rule
above (compound preposition)
above (compound preposition)
Moses
oracle
witness
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7
Vocabulary words occurring over 1000-1999 times in bible
human, humanity, person, people, Adam before
from where?
or
who?
wickedness, trouble, sorrow
water (always dual)
one
blow, strike
these (cp)
from the presence of, because of
land, earth, country (f)
deed
( she-)ass (f)
self, person, breath, will (f)
also, even, moreover, yea, although
still, yet, again, else
David
H: to bear witness, testify
that (ms)-demonstrative from indep pronoun
people
to be, come to pass/about, happen
with
today
to do, make, perform
here, is/are, (traditionally: lo!, behold!)
Sheol, the underworld
sea
there
thus, here
name (f)
priest
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year (fem with masc-looking plural)
so, thus, therefore, accordingly
7
commandment (f)
poor, needy
gold
mark (masc with
Egypt
good, beautiful
sign,
fem-looking plural)
under (compound
day
preposition)
however, surely, indeed

to give, deliver, set,
daily, by day
I) thousand, II) ox
permit
seas (reg mp easily
( ms) nose, face, anger confused with 'days') around; (adj:) round
about, around
also, even, indeed
days
(irreg
mp)
eternity, perpetuity
fire
(f)
Jacob
ten
you
(mp)
Jerusalem
wealth
to
understand,
perceive
bread, food
pharaoh (king of
Egypt)
between
to do battle; N: to fight
host, army
daughter (f)
therefore
to command, charge,
to
speak
(mostly
D)
in order that, so that appoint

word, thing, affair,
very,
voice, sound,
matter
( muchness),
thundering
exceedingly(with prep)
wilderness,
way, road (m and f)
desert,
spirit, wind, breath (f)
wasteland
this (fs)
meeting-place, assembly second
this (ms); (archaic
from the presence of,
under, beneath,137
poetry:) which
because of
instead of, in place of
Abraham
tent
one (f)
ark, chest
woman, wife
great, big, large
silver, money
sanctuary
city (fem with masclooking plural)
ten (f)
now
holiness, sanctuary (holy place)

to be holy, consecrated; D: to
sanctify, consecrate
head, top, chief
friend, companion
to tend, feed
evil, harm
shepherd
full, satisfied
to be satisfied, satiated
N: to swear
seven
two
138
then, at that time

men, husbands (irreg mp)
four
covenant, treaty, alliance (f)
territory, boundary
mountain
alive, living; (noun:) living
animal
sword (f)
hand, power (f)
because, on account of
hundred
since (that time)
battle, war
number
judgment, justice, right,
custom
book, scroll, letter
to count, write; D: recount, relate, tell

servant, slave
to serve, work, till, worship
tree, wood (has masculine plural)
opening, entrance
righteous
much, many,
abundant, mighty
abundance
evil, bad, ugly
friend, neighbor
only
thin
wicked, criminal
peace, well-being, wholeness
three (f)
oil, fat
gate
six
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7
altar (masc with fem(masc with
to sacrifice
father
looking plurals)
fem-looking plural)
sacrifice
stone (fem with
branch, tribe, staff

masc-looking plural)
life
bronze, copper
Elijah
valor, power, army,
to go up, ascend
wealth
cubit
time, season (f)
wisdom (f)
female slave
flock, sheep & goats,
five
(f)
mothers
(irreg
fp)
small cattle
grace, favor
where?
righteousness (f)
devotion, loyalty,
we
faithfulness,
the first, former

four (f)
first
together
with, by, among,
commander, ruler, prince
to go out, go forth
in,
through, as
to dwell, sit,
seraph (a winged-cobra)
large
cattle
remain
to burn
vessel, instrument,
morning (m)
weapon
seven (f)
flesh
inside
to send, stretch out, let
to make known,
go
bring news
why?
that (fs) - far

heaven, sky ( dual)
table
death
140
demonstrative from
indep pronoun
three to hear, listen, obey
to die
7
become light; H: to
in front of
wise
to
illumine, shine
wadi, stream
five
light (f & m)
G: to inherit, possess;
to restrain, withhold
another,
other
H: to bequeath,
darkness
assign inheritance
truth, reliability,
*firmness
women, wives (irreg
clean, pure
fp)
length
to know
to see
to
be
long
fear
to place, put, set
not
rod, tribe
throne, chair (f)
daughters
(irreg
fp)
song
night (masc with

nation
fem-looking plural)
to sing
to walk, go
toward, against
H: to do something
early, arise early

abundantly
( Inf cs) to meet
deception, falsehood
to remember
outside
midst
male
gift, offering
always, constantly
seed
H: to tell, announce,
to
sow
report
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street, outside,
outdoors (f)

perhaps
new
to seize
new moon, month
*humanity, a human
sin, sin offering (f)
near, beside; with suffixes:
to camp
wild animal, beast, cattle
to delight, desire
to build
desire, pleasure
for the sake of, on account of
D half, middle
through, around, on behalf of
to be unclean
lord, master, husband, owner; Baal
wine
to rule, lord, marry
remainder, excess
hero, warrior
to remain; N: to be left
generation (usually occurs in plural (fem))
glory, honor
blood
strength, power
to be silent
almost
idol, futility
% atonement
tonight
to cover, atone
old; elder (as a noun)
to receive, take
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Vocabulary words occurring over 100-149

times in bible
continued
camp, army (both m &

f plural)
the morrow; time to
come; (adv) tomorrow
mission, work
little, few (also adj and
subst)
place (masc with femlooking plural)
when?
inheritance
lad
to lift up, raise, bear,
forgive
to cross over, pass
over, transgress
guilt, iniquity (f & m
with fem-looking plural)
strength
(she-)goat
strong
eye, spring (f)
to stand, remain,
persist
affliction
afflicted, humble
dust
face, presence
(always plural)
bull
fruit
to break, breach,
increase
rock (mountain)
north, Zaphon
distress
holy
east, antiquity,
front
to arise
incense
to call, proclaim
near
to become great,
numerous; increase;to
multiply, increase
to be wide, broad
width, breadth
chariotry
to ride, mount
joy
emptiness, vanity
bull
to keep, observe, watch
sun (usually fs)
second (f)
sixth
two (f)
south, Teman
143
complete, blameless
to love
ram
food
to eat, consume,
devour
to gather, remove
festival
like, as, about,
according to
palm, sole (fs)
D: to hurry, hasten
discipline,
chastening
to find
H: to gaze, look at
N: to be recognized;
H: to recognize,
acknowledge
bird, fowl
to fly
mouth
here
adversary
hungry
to be hungry
famine, hunger
to turn, return
70-79 times
ear (f)
young man
palace, temple
to live
right side,
right hand
heavy, severe,
important
to be(come)
weighty,
important, rich
tabernacle
plague,
stroke
N: to stand
lamp
horse,
stallion
[I] to answer,
reply
cloud
to assemble
assembly
end
inward part,
inner parts,
middle, midst
to dispute,
be in lawsuit
controversy
, dispute
field (f)
lamb, kid
to break
neighbor
to dwell
eight
eight (f)
world
to approach,
draw near
Rebecca
far
144
food
to come, enter
without
D: to seek
pride
sojourner
dream (f)
N: to be profaned;
D: to profane;
H: to begin
heat, rage
to be dry
to bear, beget
boy, child
to go down,
descend
straight, just,
upright
uprightness,
straightness
uprightness,
straightness
lamb
to be complete, be
finished; D: to
complete, finish
tongue, language
measure,
measurement
the morrow; the next
day; time to come
sight, appearance
evening
to be whole, healthy,
complete, at peace;
D: to make whole,
make amends,
recompence
to drink
deep, ocean, abyss
(m or f)
banquet
to vow
river (both f & m plural)
to stretch out, extend,
incline
to fall
burnt offering
counsel, plan, advice
145
Ah!
brother
sister
word, saying
path (f)
in that, inasmuch as
blessing (f)
shame
houses (irreg mp)
to redeem
knowledge (f)
wall
to see (a vision)
vision
to be strong, prevail
strong, powerful
to be gracious, favor
to be(come) angry
be able (to do
to
something) prevail
harvest
to lie down
( fs) tooth, ivory
H: to give drink,
irrigate
instruction, law
forest
to cut
alone
sunrise, east
rain
possession, property
D: to comfort
to acquire, buy, create
146

garment
belly, body (f)
understanding,
perception
high place (a
sanctuary)
hill
valley (f)
to gird
to turn, overturn
is (subject) well?
arm
to think, reckon
beautiful, handsome
wing, skirt (f)
beauty,
height, high place
glory,
splendor
( N Ptc fp) wonders
prayer
to turn aside
nine
rich
idol
fast, fasting
to fast
jealousy
foot (f)
to be high
to ask, inquire
( m & f) Sabbath, rest
integrity,
completeness
complete, blameless
147

to perish; D & H: to exterminate,
destroy
ground, land, soil
love
truth
*
we
to create
knee (f)
D: to bless; G only Ptc Pass
to grow up, become great; D: to
bring up, raise, make great

splendor, grandeur, adornment
court (both m & f plural)
H: to devote to the ban, utterly
destroy
ban
to advise
precious, valuable, rare
moon
cherub (a winged sphinx)
to write, record, register
to, for, in regard to, with reference
to
to capture
idiom: in vain
tower (both m & f plural)
psalm
kingdom (f)
standing stone
foreigner
testimony
148

times in bible
continued
congregation
to abandon, leave, forsake
mighty, numerous
to arrange, lay out
step, occurrence
to visit, appoint, inspect
grave
to bury
D: to have compassion
to be far
to hire
reward, wages
lip, edge, language

sack
to remain, be left over
to destroy, devastate
D: to cry out for help
to judge
judge
thanksgiving
abomination
alarm, shout
deliverance, salvation
149

lot (masc with fem-looking
(for real conditionals)
if...then
plural)
(sometimes waw is missing)
wave, heap (of stone)
word, saying
uncover, go away, go into
Ah!
to
exile
to bind
to drive out
cedar
fish
foreigner; strange,
lion
stranger,
foreign
to curse
wheat (m)
to trust; H: to make secure
became angry (lit. nose of
...
... became hot)
first-born
be(come) angry with ...
to
swallow
... became angry
to burn, consume
to throw; H: to confess, give
thanks
to flee
to give, ascribe (only in
Imptv forms)
young woman
150

times in bible
continued
infant
H: to reprove
to add; H: to
continue, increase
because (that)
rear, hindmost part
deliverance, salvation
D: to cover, conceal
(rarely in G)
to be irritated, angry
to bend the knee
if not (for hypothetical
conditionals)
to lodge
sojourning place,
sojourning (m)
place, support
rest
bowels, entrails (always pl)
anointed (one)
N, HtD: to prophesy
idiom: to reach
touch, strike (direct object
to
usually indicated by b-)
to set out, travel, depart
to watch
innocent
to kiss (object marked by L)
until when? how long?
herd, flock
bone, substance, self (f)
151

times in bible
continued
hatred
ninth
tenth (f)
seventh
ninth (f)
H: to break, frustrate seventh (f)
nine (f)
cry
D & H: to ruin, destroy
curse
third (f)
jealous
N: to be exterminated;
D: to be jealous, be
H: to exterminate
zealous
eighth
extremity, end
eighth (f)
ten thousand
to be desolate, be appalled
to pursue, follow
D: to serve, minister
womb, mercy
praise, song of praise
to murder, slay
beginning
152
to
be
complete,
be
whole,
to hate
be finished

to be proud,
lord, master, sir
arrogant
treasure, treasury,
storehouse
strength, might
after
to sojourn
enemy
both ... and

where?
how? how!
to inquire, demand
there is/are not
innumerable,
those (mp & fp) - far
idiom:
infinite
demonstratives from
indep pronouns
prisoner
to have
solitude
to be ashamed
D: to praise, boast
to test, try
to kill
to choose
(ms; fs, fs; in archaic
poetry:) which
not yet, before
prostitute,
to weep
promiscuous woman
to act like a
how? (lit., by what?)
prostitute, be
promiscuous
cease, stop (doing

to
something)
bosom
to dream
fifth (f)
% statute (f)
to do well; please; suit;

H: to make good, treat
well
to discipline, chasten
because, because of
to pour out
to form
teach, instruct,
to
cast
throw, cast; H: to
to
throw, teach, point
there is/are
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numerable
(only Job 25.3)

times in bible
continued
to spread out
be hard pressed,
to
be in distress
to gather
to encounter, meet
to rend, tear
first (f)
ten thousand
H: to shout
compassion
to wash
to heal
left, left hand, left side
to rejoice, be happy
ask about (someone's) well to
being
to put, set
to forget
female servant
to pour out
pr) who, which, what; (cj)
( rel
that, so that, since, because, for
sixth (f)
So remember to use the free Cue Card software and

preprepared cards from this Vocabulary list.
They will help you with memory recall,
and audio pronunciation.
You can even print out physical cards with Hebrew word
on one side and English translation on the other.
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Completed
Lesson 7
Part 2
Part 1
Qal Imperfect
(Future Tense)
Volitives
Imperative
Cohortive
Jussive
Infinitive
Participle
Vocabulary
Suggested Exercises
Biblical Hebrew
by Page H. Kelley
LESSON XV
LESSON XIX
Lessons

Grammar by Gary D.
and the Qal Stem
22. Qal Participle
The
End7
of Lesson
Lesson 8 part 1
Part 1
Verbal Stems
Part 2
Weak Verbs
The topic of Verb Stems and Weak

Verbs covered in this Lesson often fill
over half of any Hebrew text book.
In order to begin reading the Hebrew
bible you should know what these
things are but you don't need to get
bogged down in the details, just be
able to recognise them.
Suggested Exercises
Biblical Hebrew
by Page H. Kelley
LESSON XIV
LESSON XVI
Then if you want to get into all the details
do all LESSONS from XVII to XXXI
Lessons

Grammar by Gary D.

and the Qal Stem
14a & b. Qal Perfect Weak Verbs
Then rest of section if you need practice.
& Section 4: Intro to Derived Stems
Verb Characteristics
Verbs are at the heart of the Hebrew dictionary.
We have already looked at
Perfect
singular
verb characteristics such as; 3ms
he will guard
Person
1st
2nd
3rd
Volatives
Imperative
Jussive
Cohortive
Gender
male
female
Infinitive
Absolute
Construct
Number
singular
plural
Participle
Active
Passive
Time
Perfect
Imperfect
Stem
?
3fs
2ms
2fs
2mp
you will guard

(to a man)
you will guard
(to a woman)
he guarded
she guarded
you guarded
(to a man)
you guarded
(to a woman)
I will guard
they will guard
they will guard
they guarded
you will guard

(to men)
you will guard
(to women)
you guarded
(to men)
you guarded
(to women)
1cs
plural
3mp
3fp
she will guard
Imperfect
I guarded
Another characteristic is called 2fp

the verb Stem which conveys
1cp
we will guard we guarded
something called Action & Voice.
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So what is a verb Stem?
And what are Action & Voice all about anyway? Let's take a look...
Stems
Verbs: Action & Voice

So before we discuss verb Stems, let's first look at Action & Voice.
Action
Remember, verbs are 'doing words', they are all about action.
And so the term Action, describes, well, action!
Object & Subject
In order to describe voice more
In Hebrew Grammar there are 3 types of Action. fully we need to discuss two
Simple
He killed
grammar terms, object & subject.
Intensive
He slaughtered!
David defeated the enemy.
Causative He caused to kill
Voice
David is the subject of the verb

defeated
The term Voice is about who is doing what to whom.

David was defeated by the enemy.
e.g. David defeated Goliath.
There are also 3 types of Voice.
Active
He killed
Passive
He was killed
Reflexive
He killed himself
Stems
David is no longer performing the

action of the verb but receiving the
verbal action.
David dressed himself.
David subject is both receiving &
performing the action. Reflexive.
-c/o Gary Practico's Hebrew Grammar
And so the Hebrew verb has thus got Action & Voice built into it.
There 7 different combinations of Action & Voice.
Each different combination is called a stem. Let's find out more...
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Stems
Verb Stems
The most basic form of any verb is derived from a Root. From the verb root,
the stems are derived. They are simply different combinations of;
Action
&
Voice
Simple He killed
Intensive He slaughtered!
Causitive He caused to kill
Active
He killed
Passive He was killed
Reflexive He killed himself
The most basic verb stem is Qal

Qal is described as Simple Active
Over 2/3rds of the verbs in the bible
are of the Qal stem.
Action
Simple
Voice
Active
Simple
Passive
From this one stem, 6 more are

derived, Niphal, Piel, Pual, Hiphil,
Hophal & Hithpael.
These 6 thus make up collectively
the other 1/3rd of the verbs in the
bible. We we look at what these
stems mean in the following slides.
Intensive Active
Intensive Passive
Causative Active
Causative Passive
Intensive Reflexive
Root
Stems
Y
W
Yq
Y
WY
There are perfect and imperfect verb forms of the above verb stems (there
are verb tables for each stem). We will look at the perfect forms in detail so
you can get the gist of what the stems are all about. Then we will briefly
describe the imperfect forms.
Qal
Niphal
Piel
Pual
Hiphil
Hophal
Hithpael
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Stems
Verb Stems Table

Let's look at the Hebrew verb stems and what they do...
Verb
Stem
Niphal
Piel
Pual
%
Hiphil
Hophal
Hithpael
Qal
identify Action & Voice

unaugmented
Strong Verb
EXAMPLE Y
Simple Passive
Intensive Active
Intensive Passive %
Causative Active
Causative Passive
Intensive Reflexive
Simple Active
He killed
He was killed
He slaughtered
He was
slaughtered
He caused to kill
He caused to be
killed
He killed himself
(committed suicide)
Remember that verb stems indicate different types of 'Action'.

'Voice' denotes if the verb's subject is acting or acted upon.
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Verb Stems - Summary
Verb stems indicate different types of verbal 'Action' & 'Voice'.

Here is a table that helps to illustrate the 7 verb stems in terms of Action & Voice.
Verbal Stem Summary

Simple Intensive Causative
Action
Voice
Active
Voice
Action
Qal
Action
Piel
He killed
Action
Hiphil
He slaughtered
He caused to kill
Pual % Hophal
Passive Niphal
He
He was
He was
Voice
killed
slaughtered
Niphal
Hithpael
Reflexive
He
killed
himself
Voice
Voice
-committed suicide
caused to be killed
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Verb Stems Qal: Simple Active
Qal Stem Y
Simple action
(This is the basic verb stem

used in the verb tables in
the previous lessons).
Qal - He heard
Qal - He killed
Qal - Perfect
Active
3ms
3fs
2ms
2fs
1cs
3cp
Qal - He guarded
2mp
The table here shows the Qal

Perfect.
For the sake of brevity, we will
look at the Qal Imperfect at
the end of this Lesson.
2fp
1cp
He guarded
She guarded
You guarded
(to a man)
You guarded
(to a woman)
I guarded
They guarded
You guarded
(to men)
You guarded
(to women)
We guarded
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Stems
Verb Stems Niphal: Simple Passive/Reflex.
Niphal Stem Y
Simple action with either passive or
reflexive voice (the passive or reflexive of Qal).
Qal
Niphal
He killed
He heard
Identifying characteristic
of Niphal Stem;
- prefix
He was killed
(reflexive)
He heard himself
(passive)
He was heard
3ms

3cp
- -
Same spelling for both

meanings, Context of verse
determines which meaning.
The snorting of his horses

was heard from Dan: Jer 8:16
for they were destroyed before the
LORD 2 Chr 14:12
3fs

Imperfect 3ms
My way is hid from the LORD Is 40:27

that his name may be no more
remembered Jer 11:19
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Stems
Verb Stems Niphal: Simple Passive/Reflex.

Qal - Perfect
Active
Niphal Perfect simple/ Mid.-Reflex.

Passive meaning
He guarded
3ms
She guarded
3fs
You guarded
(to a man)
2ms
You guarded
(to a woman)
2fs
I guarded
1cs
They guarded
3cp
You guarded
(to men)
2mp
You guarded
(to women)
2fp
We guarded
1cp
- prefix
He was guarded
She was guarded
You were guarded
(to a man)
Reflexive
meaning
He guarded
himself
She guarded
herself
...etc...
You were guarded

(to a woman)
I was guarded
They were guarded
You were guarded
(to men)
You were guarded
(to women)
We were guarded
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Stems
Verb Stems Piel: Intensive Active
Piel Stem W
Intensive form of the simple action of Qal.
of Piel Stem;
Intensive type action with an active voice.

He killed
He
slaughtered
The vowel pattern

Hireq or pathach under
the first radical
He broke
He smashed
to pieces
Daghesh forte in the

second radical
Qal
Piel
3ms

1cs
D

1cs
D
3cp Imperfect
and brake every tree of the field.

Ex 9:25
that I have sent this commandment
unto you Mal 2:4
I sought him whom my soul loveth
Son 3:1
though they speak fair
words unto thee. Jer 12:6
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Stems
Verb Stems Piel:

Qal - Perfect
Active
The vowel pattern Hireq or

Intensive Active
pathach under the 1st radical
Daghesh forte in the 2nd radical
Piel - Perfect
Intensive Act.
He guarded
3ms
She guarded
3fs
You guarded
(to a man)
2ms
You guarded
(to a woman)
2fs
I guarded
1cs
They guarded
3cp
You guarded
(to men)
2mp
You guarded
(to women)
2fp
We guarded
1cp
He really guarded
She really guarded
You really guarded
(to a man)
You really guarded
(to a woman)
I really guarded
They really guarded
You really guarded
(to men)
You really guarded
(to women)
We really guarded
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Stems
Verb Stems Pual: Intensive Passive
Pual Stem Yq
Passive of the Piel.
Intensive action with a passive voice.
Piel
Pual
He
slaughtered
He smashed
into pieces
of Pual Stem;
He was
slaughtered
Dagesh Forte in second

radical
He was smashed
into pieces
Qibbuts-Pathach under
the first consonant
u
% D

till thou return unto the ground; for

out of it wast thou taken: Gn 3:19
%
E
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your
3ms
% % strength is laid waste. Is 23:14
praise him according to his
3cp %
excellent greatness. Ps 150:2
2ms
imperfect 3ms
it shall be accounted to
the Lord for a generation.
Ps 22:30(31)
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Stems
Verb Stems Pual: Intensive

Qal - Perfect
Active
He guarded
3ms
She guarded
3fs
You guarded
(to a man)
2ms
You guarded
(to a woman)
2fs
I guarded
1cs
They guarded
3cp
You guarded
(to men)
2mp
You guarded
(to women)
2fp
We guarded
1cp
Daghesh Forte in second

Passive
radical
Qibbuts-Pathach under
Pual the first consonant
- Perfect Intensive Pass.
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
He was really
guarded
She was really
guarded
You were really
guarded (to a man)
You were really
guarded (to a woman)
I was really
guarded
They were really
guarded
You were really
guarded (to men)
You were really
guarded (to women)
We were really
guarded
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Stems
Verb Stems Hiphil: Causative Active
Hiphil Stem
Causative action with active voice.

Qal
of Hiphil Stem;
Hiphil
He killed
reigned or
He
He was king
-prefix
caused
Hireq yod stem vowel
He
to kill
caused to reign or
He
He made someone king
3ms
*
1cs

2ms

imperfect 1cs
for the LORD God had not

caused it to rain upon the earth.
Gn 2:5
so have I caused to cleave unto
me the whole house of Israel.
Jer 13:11
thou hast made thy servant king.
1Ki 3:7
I will make thy name to
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be remembered in all
generations: Ps 45:17 Stems
Verb Stems Hiphil: Causative Active
Hiphil - Perfect
Causative Act.
Qal - Perfect
Active
- prefix as in the Hiphil

Hireq yod stem vowel
He guarded
3ms
She guarded
3fs
You guarded
(to a man)
2ms
You guarded
(to a woman)
2fs
I guarded
1cs
They guarded
3cp
You guarded
(to men)
2mp
You guarded
(to women)
2fp
We guarded
1cp
He caused to guard
She caused to guard
You caused to guard
(to a man)
Hiphil is
similar
looking
to 'the'
(definite
article ) .
You caused to guard

(to a woman)
I caused to guard
They caused to guard
You caused to guard
(to men)
You caused to guard
(to women)
We caused to guard
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Stems
Verb Stems - Hophal: Causative Passive
Hophal Stem Y
The passive form of the Hiphil.
Causative action with a passive voice.
Hiphil
caused
He
to kill
Hophal
caused
He
to be killed
He was
made
He
made king
someone king
3ms
2ms

1cs

1cp
imperfect 2fs
%
of Hophal Stem;
- prefix as in the Hiphil
The Hiphil and Hophal

are distinguished by their
prefix and stem vowels.
this is the city to be visited; Jer 6:6
But thou art cast out of thy grave
like an abominable branch Is 14:19
I was cast upon thee from
the womb: Ps 22:10 (11)
and we were not hurt, 1Sa 25:15
but thou wast cast out
in the open field, Ez 16:5
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Stems
Verb Stems - Hophal: Causative Passive

Qal - Perfect
Active
- prefix as in the Hiphil,

but different stem vowels.
Hophal - Perfect
Causative Pass.
He guarded
3ms
She guarded
3fs
You guarded
(to a man)
2ms
You guarded
(to a woman)
2fs
I guarded
1cs
They guarded
3cp
You guarded
(to men)
2mp
You guarded
(to women)
2fp
We guarded
1cp
He was caused
to guard
She was caused
to guard
You were caused
to guard (to a man)
Hophal is
similar
looking
to 'the'
(definite
article ) .
You were caused

to guard (to a woman)
I was caused
to guard
They were caused
to guard
You were caused
to guard (to men)
You were caused
to guard (to women)
We were caused
to guard
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Stems
Verb Stems - Hithpael: Reflexive
Hithpael Stem WY
Intensive action with a reflexive
voice or sometimes a passive voice.
Qal
Hithpael (reflexive)
He killed ( committed suicide)

He hid He hid himself
He killed himself
3ms
D D
1cs
* D
3cp

imperfect 3ms
of Hithpael Stem;
Prefix
Daghesh Forte in the

second root consonant
which did sell himself to work

wickedness... 1Ki 21:25
And I was strengthened as the
hand of the LORD my God was
upon me, Ezr 7:28
And say thou unto the people,
Sanctify yourselves against to
morrow,... Nm 11:18
173
for he shall magnify himself

above all. Dan 11:37
Stems
Verb Stems - Hithpael: Reflexive

Qal - Perfect
Active
Hithpael - Perfect
Reflexive
He guarded
3ms
She guarded
3fs
You guarded
(to a man)
2ms
You guarded
(to a woman)
2fs
I guarded
1cs
They guarded
3cp
You guarded
(to men)
2mp
You guarded
(to women)
2fp
We guarded
1cp
Prefix
Daghesh Forte in the
second root consonant
He guarded himself
She guarded herself
You guarded yourself
(to a man)
You guarded yourself
(to a woman)
I guarded myself
They guarded
themselves
You guarded
yourselves (to men)
You guarded
yourselves (to women)
We guarded ourselves
174
Stems
Verbal Root, Stems, Conjugations

Root
stems
Qal
Active
Niphal
Piel
Pual
Hiphil
Hophal
Hithpael
Mid.-Reflex.
Intensive Act.
Intensive Pass.
Causative Act.
Causative Pass.
Verbal Conjugations
Perfect
Imperfect
Imperative
Cohortative
Jussive
Infinitive Construct
Infinitive Absolute
Participle
Reflexive
175
Stems
Verb Stem Tables Perfect of the Strong Verb

Perfect 'past tense' of the Strong Verb
Verb
stems
Qal
Niphal
Piel
Pual
Hiphil
Hophal
Hithpael
Active
Mid.Reflex.
Intensive
Act.
Intensive
Pass.
Causative
Act.
Causative
Pass.
Reflexive
3ms
3fs
i
%
Hophal
Stem
Y
Hiphil
Stem
Pual
Stem
Y
q
2ms
Piel
Stem
W
Identifying
characteristic
of
Hithpael
WY
Identifying
characteristic
ofStemcharacteristic
Identifying
characteristic
2fs Identifying
Hophal
Stem; Stem
Niphal
Y
Hiphil
Stem;
Identifying
characteristic
of
of Pual Stem;
of Pual Stem;
1cs
Qal
Identifying
Y
Stem;
Hiphil

characteristic
Stem
-Hithpael
prefix
as
in%
the
The vowel pattern
Dagesh
Forte
in
second
3cp
-prefix
as
inPual
the, basic
Hiphil
of
Stem;

%
verbor
Simple
action
Hireq
pathach
under
Prefix
(now
reduced
to
a
Qametz
)
radical
T
2mp
the
first
radical
%
in
- prefix
Daghesh
Forte
the
second
The Hiphil and
Hophal are
2fp Qibbuts-Pathach
Daghesh
forte inthe
under
Hireq
root
consonant
yod
stem
vowel
distinguished
by
their
prefix
second radical
the first consonant
1cp
andstem
vowels.
%
176
Stems
Verb Stems - Summary

We have looked at examples of the following Verb Stems
Y
Y
W
Yq
Y
WY
Qal
Niphal
Piel
Pual
Hiphil
Hophal
Hithpael
These stems provide a very simple and elegant

way of creating words.
Instead of creating a brand new word, we can
modify an existing one.
We do this by adding other letters or vowels.
So we take the basic Qal verb and add new
vowels & sometimes extra letters to modify its
meaning.
Thus creating 6 extra verb stems proceeding
from the central Qal branch of the Menorah stem.
And so providing light to the world.
So far we have only seen tables of the perfect verb stems of the strong verb.
(We will look at weak verbs in the second half of this Lesson).
As well as perfect there are imperfect verb stems.
We will look at these briefly on the imperfect verb stem table on the next slide.
177
Stems
Verb Stem Table Imperfect of Strong Verb

Imperfect 'future tense' of the Strong Verb
Qal
Niphal
Piel
Pual
Hiphil
Hophal
Hithpael
Active
Mid.Reflex.
Intensive
Act.
Intensive
Pass.
Causative
Act.
Causative
Pass.
Reflexive
3ms
3fs
%
Hophal
Stem
Y
Hiphil
Stem
Pual
Stem
Y
q
2ms
Piel
Stem
W
Identifying
characteristic
of
Identifying
Hithpael
WY
ofStemcharacteristic
Identifying
characteristic
2fs
i
Hophal
Stem;
%
characteristic

of
Identifying
Niphal
Stem
Y
Hiphil
Stem;
of Pual Stem;
of Pual Stem;
1cs
Qal
D
Y%
characteristic
D
Identifying
Hithpael
Stem;
Stem
Qametz
before
The
first
radical
vowel
pattern
T
Forte
in
second
3mp Dagesh
of
Pual
Stem;
Patach
%Hireq
or
before
first
radical
Simple
action
,
basic
verb
pathach
under
added
before
first
radical
_
radical
The Hiphil
andthe
Hophal
are
3fp
first
radical
Different
stem
vowels
distinguished
Daghesh
Forte
in
the
second
by their prefix
2mp Qibbuts-Pathach

Daghesh
forte
the
under
Hireq
iyod
andstem
vowel
%
in
root
consonant
stem
vowels.
second radical
first consonant
2fp the
%
1cp
178
Stems
Verb Stem Table Imperative, Infinitive, Participle

Qal
Niphal
Piel
Pual
Hiphil
Hophal
Hithpael
Active
Mid.Reflex.
Intensive
Act.
Intensive
Pass.
Causative
Act.
Causative
Pass.
Reflexive
Imperative of the Strong Verb
2ms
2fs
2mp
2fp
Abs.
Cons
Act.
Pass
Infinitive of the Strong Verb
Participle of the Strong Verb
179
Stems
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n
o
D
Weelll

Weak Verbs
180
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The Temple
& the
Heavenlies
The Ascension of the Ark
This
mortal
must put
on immortality.
-1Co 15:53
Lesson 8 part 2
Part 1
Verbal Stems
Part 2
Weak Verbs

Suggested Exercises
Biblical Hebrew
by Page H. Kelley
LESSON XIV
LESSON XVI
Lessons

Grammar by Gary D.

and the Qal Stem
Strong Verbs - Definition

Why do I need to know about Strong and Weak verbs?
They determine how the vowels appear on the various verb stems.
They also affect the various letters added to conjugate* the stem.
* Conjugate - Perfect, Imperfect, Imperative, Participle etc
Definitions
Hebrew Verbs are Strong or Weak.
We have looked at Strong Verbs so far in our Qal Perfect and Imperfect
Verb tables.
The Qal Perfect 3ms is the simplest form of a Hebrew verb. Qal ( )
means light (Qalal - ) . It designates the simple active stem of the verb.
We have seen the 6 derived stems from Qal in part one of Lesson 8.
Not all verbs and their stems are Strong Verbs.
For example some verbs have 2 consonants, called hollow verbs.
A strong verb must have three consonants, ??? in its Qal perfect third
masculine singular form.
184
Strong Verbs - Definition
Definitions
So a Strong verb must have three consonants in

its Qal perfect third masculine singular form (3ms).
But what sort of consonants make a Strong Verb?
e x c e p t i o n s
A Strong verb cannot have the following;

Middle vowel with yod, or a vav, ( called a Hollow verb
because it is really just two consonants with a yod or vav
in the middle which becomes a vowel, i.e. it's Hollow!).
, , , & sometimes .
Begins with yod, , vav, or nun, .
A guttural letter
If it's second and third consonants are identical.
These exceptions are called Weak verbs!

verbs
185
Strong Verbs - examples
W e a k
L e t t e r s
Strong Verb Examples - no weak letters

, , , & sometimes .
A guttural letter
he cut
he stumbled
he wrote
he ruled
he visited, appointed
he killed
he lay down
he kept
186
Weak Verbs - examples
Weak Verb Examples - weak letters!

It is a Weak verb if the

to go, enter
to die
It is a Weak verb if there is,
A guttural letter
he heard
he found
he ascended
to arise
to be high, exalted
, , ,
he trembled,
feared
he pierced
he murder
to put, place
to turn, return
& sometimes
he extolled,
calmed
he ate
187
he laughed
Weak Verbs - examples
Weak Verb Examples - weak letters!

It is a Weak verb,
to pour
to form
to establish
to fall
to come near
to give
to attach
It is a Weak verb,
to cut, engrave
to be completed
to destroy
to return
to cut off
to heap up
188
Weak Verbs - Table
Y
III II I
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Paradigm Verb
Numerical Designation
III II I
(Traditional System)
(Modern System)
Peh - Guttural
I - Guttural
Ayin - Guttural
II - Guttural
Lamed - Guttural
III - Guttural
Peh - Aleph
I - Aleph
Lamed - Aleph
III - Aleph
Lamed - Heh
III - Heh
Peh - Nun
I - Nun
Ayin - Vav /
Ayin - Yod
II Vav /
II Yod
Peh - Vav / Peh - Yod
I Vav / I - Yod
Double Ayin
Geminate Verbs
189
Verb Tables
You have seen the Strong Verb table
for the Perfect & Imperfect in Lesson 7.
Grammar books usually have lots & lots
of tables of Weak Verbs also.
It's not necessary to know all that to
read biblical Hebrew.
It's enough to know that they exist (i.e.
weak verbs have different vowels in
their conjugations).
Biblical
Hebrew
An
Introductory
Grammar
by
Page H. Kelley
It is not the purpose of this course to go

into all the details of the Weak Verbs.
But if you want, you can purchase a
Hebrew text book and do the numerous
Weak Verb exercises within it.
The following pages give an example of
Hebrew Verb charts for the Weak
Verbs. (Slides 191-220).
They are there for reference only & not
to give you are headache!
190
Weak Verb: Peh (I) Guttural - Perfect

Hophal
Hiphil
Niphal
Qal 2
Qal 1
iE
i
i {E
iE
i {E
i
iE
E
i {E
i*
i {*
i {*
i*
i {*
i {*
i*
i*
i {*
i*
i
i {*
i*
{*
i
i*
i*
i {*
i
{
{
i
D
D
{
{
i
D
D
Perfect
3ms
3fs
2ms
2fs
1cs
3cp
2mp
2fp
1cp
191
Weak
Weak Verb: Peh (I) Guttural - Imperfect

Hophal
Hiphil
Niphal
Qal 2
Qal 1
iE
iE
iE
i
iE
i
i {E
i
i {E
iE
iD
iD
iD
i {D
D
i {D
i {D
i {D
i {D
D
i
i
i
i
i
i
i
{
i
i
{
i
i*
i*
i*
i
i*
i
i*{
i
i*{
i*
iD
iD
iD
i
i*
i
i {D
i
i {D
iD
Imperfect
3ms
3fs
2ms
2fs
1cs
3mp
3fp
2mp
2fp
1cp
192
Weak
Weak Verb: Peh (I) Guttural Imperative, Participle, Infinitive 8

preterite + wc
jussive 3ms
cohortive 1cs
imperative 2ms
2fs
2mp
2fp
participle act ms
participle passive ms
infinite construct
infinitive absolute
Qal 1
Qal 2
Niphal
Hiphil
Hophal
Di
Di
i
D
D{
*i
*i
i
D
{ D
{
{
i
i
i
i
Di
D
D{
Di
D{ i
D{
D{ i
Di
Ei
Ei
---
*i
i
Di
---
Ei
Ei
Ei
---
Di
Di
-------------
193
Weak
Weak Verb: Ayin (II) Guttural - Perfect

Hithpael
Pual
Piel
Niphal
Qal
{
i
{
i
{
D
iD
{
iD
II-Guttural
perfect
3ms
3fs
2ms
2fs
1cs
3cp
2mp
2fp
1cp
194
Weak
Weak Verb: Ayin (II) Guttural - Imperfect
Hithpael
Pual
i
D
{
{
i
{
{
Piel
Niphal
Qal
i
D
i
{
i
{
iD
iD
{
iD
{
D
II-Guttural
imperfect
3ms
3fs
2ms
2fs
1cs
3mp
3fp
2mp
2fp
1cp
195
Weak
Weak Verb: Ayin (II) Guttural Imperative, Participle etc

II-Guttural
preterite + wc
jussive 3ms
cohortive 1cs
imperative 2ms
2fs
2mp
2fp
participle active
ms
participle passive
ms
infinitive construct
infinitive absolute
Qal
Niphal
Piel
Pual
Hithpael
Di
Di
Di
Di
Di
iD
i
i
{
{
{
{
i
i
i
196
Weak
Weak Verb: Lamed (III) Guttural - Perfect
Hithpael
Hophal
Hiphil
Pual
Piel
Niphal
Qal
u
u
u
u
u
u
u
u
u
u
u
%
%u
%u
%u
%
%
%
%u
u
u
u
u
u
i
u
u
u
i
III-Guttural
perfect
3ms
3fs
2ms
2fs
1cs
3cp
2mp
2fp
1cp
197
Weak
Weak Verb: Lamed (III) Guttural - Imperfect
Hithpael
Hophal
Hiphil
Pual
Piel
Niphal
Qal
III-Guttural
imperfect
3ms
%
%
%
D%
%
%u
%
%u
%
i
u
i
u
3fs
2ms
2fs
1cs
3mp
3fp
2mp
2fp
1cp
198
Weak
Weak Verb: Lamed (III) Guttural Imperative, Infinitive, Part.8

III-Guttural
Qal
Niphal
Piel
imperative
2ms
2fs
2mp
2fp
participle act
ms
Pual
i
i
u u u
Hiphil
Hophal
Hithpael
u
u
u
participle
passive ms
infinite
construct
infinitive
absolute
199
Weak
Weak Verb: Peh (I) Aleph Perfect, Imperfect, Imperative etc 8

I-Aleph
perfect
3ms
3fs
2ms
2fs
1cs
3cp
Qal
{
i
I-Aleph
imperfect
3ms
3fs
2ms
2fs
1cs
3mp
3fp
2mp
2fp
1cp
D
D
2mp
2fp
1cp
Qal
{
i
I-Aleph
preterite + wc
jussive 3ms
cohortive 1cs
imperative 2ms
2fs
2mp
2fp
participle active ms
infinitive absolute
Qal
{
{
{
*
{*
200
Weak
Weak Verb: Lamed (III) Aleph - Perfect

Hithpael
Hophal
Hiphil
Pual
Piel
Niphal
Qal
III-Aleph
perfect
3ms
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
u
u
u
u
%
%u
%
%u
%
%
%
%u
i
u
u
u
i
u
u
3fs
2ms
2fs
1cs
3cp
2mp
2fp
1cp
201
Weak
Weak Verb: Lamed (III) Aleph - Imperfect

Hithpael
Hophal
Hiphil
Pual
Piel
Niphal
Qal
III-Aleph
imperfect
3ms
i
u
i
u
%
%
%
u %u
%
u %u
%
u
u
u
u
%
%
D
D%
%
%u u
%
%u u
3fs
2ms
2fs
1cs
3mp
3fp
2mp
2fp
1cp
202
Weak
Weak Verb: Lamed (III) Aleph Imperative, Infinitive, Part.
III-Aleph
imperative
2ms
2fs
2mp
2fp
participle
act ms
Qal
Niphal
Piel
Pual
i
i
u u
Hiphil
Hophal
Hithpael
u
u
u
participle
passive ms
infinite
construct
infinitive
absolute
203
Weak
Weak Verb: Lamed (III) Heh Perfect

Piel
Niphal
Hophal
Hiphil
Hithpael
Pual
%
%
{
{%
%
{% {
%
%
%
{% {
Qal
III-Heh
perfect
3ms
3fs
2ms
2fs
1cs
3cp
2mp
2fp
1cp
204
Weak
Weak Verb: Lamed (III) Heh Imperfect
Hophal
Hiphil
Hithpael
Pual
Piel
Niphal
Qal
%
%
D% D

{
{
{% {
{
{
{
{
{
{% {
{
{
{
III-Heh
imperfect
3ms
3fs
2ms
2fs
1cs
3mp
3fp
2mp
2fp
1cp
205
Weak
Weak Verb: Lamed (III) Heh Volatives, Participles, Infinitives 8

Hophal
Hiphil
Hithpael
Pual
{
%
{
D%

{
{

%

%
%
Piel
Niphal
Qal
{
{
III-Heh
preterite + wc
jussive 3ms
cohortive 1cs
imperative 2ms
2fs
2mp
2fp
participle active
ms
participle passive
ms
infinitive absolute
206
Weak
Weak Verb: Peh (I) Nun - Perfect

Qal 4
Qal 3
Hophal
Hiphil
Niphal
%
%
%{
%
%{
%
%
%
%{
{
{
{
{
i i
{
{

{
{
{
i i
{
{
Qal 2
Qal 1
i i
{
{

{
{
i
i

{
{
I-Nun
perfect
3ms
3fs
2ms
2fs
1cs
3cp
2mp
2fp
1cp
207
Weak
Weak Verb: Peh (I) Nun - Imperfect
Hophal
Hiphil
Niphal
Qal 4
Qal 3
%
% { i
% { i
%{ { { { {
% { i
%{ { { { {
Qal 2
Qal 1
{ {

{ {
I-Nun
imperfect
3ms
3fs
2ms
2fs
1cs
3mp
3fp
2mp
2fp
1cp
208
Weak
Weak Verb: Peh (I) Nun Imperative, Participle, Infinitive
Hiphil Hophal
Niphal
Qal 4
Qal 3
Qal 2
Qal 1
I-Nun
% {
jussive 3ms

% {
cohortive 1cs
{ i
or imperative 2ms
or or
2fs

{ i
2mp

{ i
2fp
{
{
{
{ { {
participle active

ms
participle passive

%
ms
{
% {
infinitive absolute

%
preterite + wc
209
Weak
Weak Verb: Ayin (II) Vav/Yod - Hollow Perfect

Hophal
Hiphil
Niphal
Qal 4
Qal 3
Qal 2
Qal 1
{
D
{
D
D
{
{
D
D
D
{
{
{
{
{
{
{
{
{
{
{
{
{
{
{
{
{
Hollow
perfect
3ms
3fs
2ms
2fs
1cs
3cp
2mp
2fp
1cp
210
Weak
Weak Verb: Ayin (II) Vav/Yod - Hollow Imperfect
Hophal
Hiphil
{
{
{
{
{
Qal 3
Niphal
Qal 4
{
{
{
{

{ {

{
{
{
{ {
{
{

Qal 2
Qal 1

{ {

{
{
{
{
{ {
{
{

Hollow
imperfect
3ms
3fs
2ms
2fs
1cs
3mp
3fp
2mp
2fp
1cp
211
Weak
Weak Verb: Ayin (II) Vav/Yod - Hollow Volatives, etc
Hiphil Hophal
Qal 3
Qal 2
Qal 1
Niphal
Qal 4
{ { {
{
{ {
{

{ { { {
{ { { {
{ { {
Hollow
preterite + wc
jussive 3ms
cohortive 1cs
imperative 2ms
2fs
2mp
2fp
participle active ms
Infinitive construct
infinitive absolute
212
Weak
Weak Verb: Peh (I) Vav - Perfect

Hophal
Hiphil
Niphal
Qal
{
i
I-Vav
perfect
3ms
3fs
2ms
2fs
1cs
3cp
2mp
2fp
1cp
213
Weak
Weak Verb: Peh (I) Vav - Imperfect

Hophal
Hiphil
Niphal
Qal
{
i
i
{
i
{
I-Vav
imperfect
3ms
3fs
2ms
2fs
1cs
3mp
3fp
2mp
2fp
1cp
214
Weak
Weak Verb: Peh (I) Vav Imperative, Participle, Infinitive

I-Vav
preterite + wc
jussive 3ms
cohort 1cs
impertv 2ms
2fs
2mp
2fp
act part ms
pass part ms
inf construct
inf absolute
Qal
Niphal
Hiphil
Hophal
i
or
{
{
i
i
i
{
215
Weak
Weak Verb: Geminate Perfect
Hophal
Hiphil
Niphal
)Qal (stative
)Qal (active
{
D
{
D
D
{
{
D
D
D
{
{
{
or
D
{
D
Geminate
perfect
3ms
3fs
2ms
2fs
1cs
3cp
2mp
2fp
1cp
216
Weak
Weak Verb: Geminate Imperfect
Hophal
Hiphil
Niphal
)Qal (stative
)Qal (active
Geminate
{
{
{
{
{
{%
{
{%
imperfect
3ms
3fs
2ms
2fs
1cs
3mp
3fp
2mp
2fp
1cp
217
Weak
Weak Verb: Geminate Imperative, Participle, Infinitive

Geminate
preterite + wc
jussive 3ms
cohort 1cs
impertv 2ms
2fs
2mp
2fp
act part ms
pass part ms
inf construct
inf absolute
Qal (active)
Qal (stative)
Niphal
Hiphil
Hophal
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Weak
Weak Verb: Peh (I) Yod Perfect & Imperfect

Hiphil
Qal
{
i
I-Yod
imperfect
3ms
3fs
2ms
2fs
1cs
3mp
Hiphil
Qal
{
i
I-Yod
perfect
3ms
3fs
2ms
2fs
1cs
3cp
3fp
2mp
2fp
1cp
2mp
2fp
1cp
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Weak
Weak Verb: Peh (I) Yod Volatives, Participle, Infinative

I-Yod
preterite + wc
jussive 3ms
cohort 1cs
impertv 2ms
2fs
2mp
2fp
act part ms
pass part ms
inf construct
inf absolute
Qal
Hiphil
{
{
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Weak
Completed
Part 1
Verbal Stems
Part 2
Weak Verbs
Lesson 8
Suggested Exercises
Biblical Hebrew
by Page H. Kelley
LESSON XIV
LESSON XVI
Lessons

Grammar by Gary D.

and the Qal Stem
The
End8
of Lesson
Lesson Review
Prologue.
1. Aleph-Bet, Vowels, Verb Roots, Maqqef
2. Gender, Plurals, Duals, Numbers
3. Def. Article, Conjunction, Prepositions
4. Direct Object, Person, Pronouns
5. Questions, Pronominal Suffix
6. Qal Perfect, Vav Relative
7. Qal Imperfect, Vol., Infin., Participle, Vocab.
8. Verbal Stems, Weak Verbs
Books.
Epilogue.
Lessons
Books
Some helpful books that you can buy...
Page H. Kelley's;
Biblical Hebrew Grammar (with Exercises)

Biblical Hebrew Grammar Handbook (Answers)
Gary D. Practico & Miles V. Van Pelt
Basics of Biblical Hebrew - Grammar (with CD)

Basics of Biblical Hebrew Workbook (Exercises)
Samson Raphael Hirsch & Matityahu Clark

Etymological Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
Schottenstein's 5 volume Interlinear Chumash
(Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy)
Stones 1 volume Chumash (1st 5 books of bible)

& some useful Websites
Page H. Kelley
Biblical
Hebrew
Grammar
Books
Attractively laid
out for easy
reading
Books
Lots of helpful
exercises
you will
need to
purchase the
Handbook for
the answers!
Books
Page H. Kelley
A
Handbook
TO
Biblical
Hebrew
Grammar
Books
Contains the
Answers to the
Questions in the
Grammar book
Books
Gary D. Practico
Miles V. Van Pelt
Basics of
Biblical Hebrew
Grammar
(with CD)
&
Basics of
Biblical Hebrew
Workbook
Books
Grammar
book
contains an
Interactive
CD
Answers to Workbook questions PDF

Flashworks cue card program (contains Audio)
Books
So you really need to purchase both the;

Grammar book (Text book, no exercises, but CD with answers)
Workbook (Exercises, but no Answers)
Matityahu Clark
(based on Hirsch)
Etymological
Dictionary
of
Biblical
Hebrew
Books
Easy
reference
to verb roots
and their manifold
meanings and
Verb
uses
in
the
Root
scripture
Books
The Schottenstein Edition

Interlinear Chumash
5 volume set
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Books
Features:
Targum Onkelos
Crisp, Large size
Hebrew text
Contemporary
English translation
below each
Hebrew word
Rashi's
commentary
Books
English
commentary
Targum Onkelos
Books
crisp, large size Hebrew text

English translation below each
Hebrew word
The
Stone Edition
Chumash
All in one volume
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Books
Features:
Hebrew
English translation
- see next page
Targum Onkelos
Rashi's
commentary
English
Commentary
Books
Features:
Hebrew
- previous page
English translation
Targum Onkelos
Rashi's
commentary
English
Commentary
Books
Websites:
Learning Hebrew
Hebrew 4 Christians
www.hebrew4christians.net
www.hebrew4christians.net/Links/links.html
Bible Wheel (Bible Patterns)

www.biblewheel.com
Modern Hebrew
FSI Hebrew course
The following free software is also provided

to help you with Hebrew. You can go to their
websites for free & up to date versions.
Aleph Bet Quiz by Robert C. Graf
download.cnet.com/Hebrew-Alphabet-Quizzer/3000-2279_4-104
software.techrepublic.com.com/abstract.aspx?docid=726863
This is an extremely helpful program for learning the Hebrew
Aleph Bet (Alphabet).
It is simple to use, just click on the Hebrew letter that
appears randomly to guess the letter and if correct it will
speak it. You will soon learn them. Try 10 minutes every day!
Cue Cards www.wadeb.com/cuecard
http://fsi-language-courses.org/
Content.php?page=Hebrew
This free software program combined with Hebrew words and

their audio pronunciation enables you to quickly master the
pronunciation of the various Hebrew words and their vowels.
Rosetta Stone (Not Free)
Flash Cards crosswire.org
www.rosettastone.com/learn-hebrew
Hebrew and Greek words with Multiple choice answers

-may require free Java software installed
Messianic Websites
Two House News Network
www.tnnonline.net
El Shaddai Ministries
www.elshaddaiministries.us
Hebraic Heritage Ministries

www.hebroots.com
Bible Programs
Davar 3 www.davar3.net
Has audio of Ecclesiastes synchronised to text, more can be
downloaded, read the help for instructions once installed.
ISA Interlinear Scripture Analyser
www.scripture4all.org
e-Sword Bible Software www.e-sword.net

Books
What Next?
Epilogue
Practice Reading Bible in Hebrew

And have the following printed Tables handy
Pronominal Suffix
Qal Perfect
Qal Imperfect
Simple chart of Verb Stem & their meanings
Sing Hebrew Songs with Hebrew Writing

Keep Yahweh's commandments
& the Testimony of Yeshua
Be Prayerful and humble
Dig a Garden
Be ready to move when the Lord calls
Lessons
Gardening
Independence
Come out of Babylon

Follow Yeshua
Study and keep His word
Learn Hebrew & Torah
Dig a garden
Share
I don't care
what the
economy is
doing,
or,
Natural Disasters,
Pestilence, Terrorism,
NWO, World War 3,
Famine, Aliens.
And neither should you.

Let's just do what our Father commands!
Aaronic Blessing
Numbers
6:24-26
t
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and he shall
keep you
Yahweh
He shall
bless you
tq t W W
And he shall be
to you
gracious you
24
faces
Yahweh
of him
25
He shall
light up
W t W
peace
to
you
and he
shall put
to you
faces Yahweh he shall

of him
lift
26

The
Beginning!
End
10losttribes.com
John 14:6
Yeshua saith unto him,
I am the way, the

truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the
Father, but by me.
or is it?
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8 Lessons, (3-4 hours per Lesson).

Practical information about what to do during the

Each lesson has a list of exercises from two popular textbooks.

So let's have a look at some of the free study aids available;

8 DVD Hebrew Grammar Videos

Free Biblical Hebrew Grammar Course DVD's

Get them all on the

Yes, that's right, you guessed it.

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'copy right - ed' !

Remember, Yeshua became

Free Biblical Hebrew DVD & CD's

Free Hebrew Bible (TNK) Audio CD

Can be used with the Davar 3

Free Software - Hebrew Cue Cards CD

ISA Interlinear Scripture Analyser

e-Sword Bible Software

8 DVD Hebrew Grammar Videos

We are now ready to begin the first of 8 Lessons.

Hebrew-English Interlinear Bibles,

BeGeD KeFaT ( ) Letters

Basics of Biblical Hebrew

Section 1: The Basics of Hebrew writing

MOVIE >The Aleph-Bet Song

Software: Aleph Bet Quiz

MOVIE >Aleph-Bet Meditation

BeGeD KeFaT ( ) Letters

The dot is called a Dagesh Lene.

- (verb) to stress, emphasize

The dot can also be used to signify a

-it is placed in any letter except,

Letters with Final Forms

While we're here in Hebrew School (

It's going to be quite simple

Let's learn the Aleph Bet ( )

And Sing the Hebrew (

Chaf (final Chaf

Mem (final Mem

each letter has a name

Aleph Bet Song Video >

Have a Cool Refreshing Break !

Lesson 1 will Continue

We will look at the following topic/s next:

Come out of Babylon

And neither should you.

Basics of Biblical Hebrew

Section 1: The Basics of Hebrew writing

Hateph Pathach Hateph Seghol

SAME AS Petach, Seghol and Qamets, only shorter in duration

change the meaning slightly.

3 letter verb root

Practice with Vowels

Sheva, Maqqef, Full Stop (Period)

A Sheva denotes either;

the end of a syllable (called a Silent Sheva)

or a short 'eh' sound (called a Vocal Sheva).

When two Sheva's are side by side,

the first is a Silent Sheva (i.e. end of syllable)

Basics of Biblical Hebrew