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  2. Modern Hebrew verbs - Wikipedia

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    In Hebrew, gerunds are formed using a specific pattern shown in the table below. Hebrew gerunds cannot be used as adjectives, unlike in English. The passive binyans pu'al and huf'al lack gerunds. Not all gerunds shown here correspond to an attested noun or a noun with a meaning congruent to that of the verb.

  3. Modern Hebrew grammar - Wikipedia

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    Every Hebrew sentence must contain at least one subject, at least one predicate, usually but not always a verb, and possibly other arguments and complements.. Word order in Modern Hebrew is somewhat similar to that in English: as opposed to Biblical Hebrew, where the word order is verb-subject-object, the usual word order in Modern Hebrew is subject-verb-object.

  4. Suffixes in Hebrew - Wikipedia

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    There are several suffixes in Hebrew that are appended to regular words to introduce a new meaning. Suffixes are used in the Hebrew language to form plurals of nouns and adjectives, in verb conjugation of grammatical tense, and to indicate possession and direct objects. They are also used for the construct noun form. [1]

  5. Qal (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    The qal is any form of the finite verb paradigm which is not so modified. For example, in Genesis 16:2, "So Sarai said to Abram" the Hebrew is "וַתֹּ֨אמֶר שָׂרַ֜י אֶל־אַבְרָ֗ם" the word וַתֹּאמֶר ("vatómer", meaning "and-she-said") is in the qal form as a conjugation of אָמַר. [3]

  6. List of Hebrew dictionaries - Wikipedia

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    Cover of Steinberg O.N. Jewish and Chaldean etymological dictionary to Old Testament books 1878. Hebräisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch über die Schriften des Alten Testaments mit Einschluß der geographischen Nahmen und der chaldäischen Wörter beym Daniel und Esra (Hebrew-German Hand Dictionary on the Old Testament Scriptures including Geographical Names and Chaldean Words, with Daniel and ...

  7. Vav-consecutive - Wikipedia

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    The prefix conjugation in Biblical Hebrew normally indicates non-past tense or imperfective aspect. However, early Biblical Hebrew has two additional conjugations, both of which have an extra prefixed letter waw, with meanings more or less reversed from the normal meanings. That is, "vav + prefix conjugation" has the meaning of a past ...

  8. Niphal - Wikipedia

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    Niphal is the name given to one of the seven major verb stems called בִּנְיָנִים (/binjaˈnim/ binyanim, "constructions") in biblical Hebrew. [1] [circular reference] The designation Niphal comes from the form niph‘al for the verb pa‘al, “to do”.

  9. Prefixes in Hebrew - Wikipedia

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    Meaning Comment Examples א ‎ I will When prefixed to a verb stem, indicates first person, singular, future tense. I will. אֹסָמַךְ ‎ 'osamak (I will uphold) י ‎ He/They will When prefixed to a verb stem, indicates third person, future tense. (Number and gender depend on suffixes.) He will or They will.