Berachah Bible Institute Hebrew Grammar I Chapter 5: Definite Article and Conjunction Vav

BBI Hebrew Grammar I Article and Conjunction Definite Indefinite The king A king Section Introduction El rey Un rey %l,M,ñh; %l,M,ñ Unlike English and Spanish, Hebrew has no indefinite article.

BBI Hebrew Grammar I Article and Conjunction Three types of definite nouns Those with definite article: %l,M,ñh; Section Introduction Proper Nouns: ~yIr:ñc.mi Nouns with possessive pronoun: ybia' Important because later we’ll learn about how Hebrew words can be linked together. When that happens, all nouns are definite if last noun is definite. For example: ~yIr:ñc.mi %l,m,ñ = “The king of Egypt” For now, we’ll focus on nouns with the definite article.

BBI Hebrew Grammar I Article and Conjunction Daghesh Forte + h; Examples with some words you don’t know Section 5.2 – Form of the Article yliK.h; #[e rq,Boñ h; h; ~ysim' h] Definite Indefinite Definite Indefinite

BBI Hebrew Grammar I Article and Conjunction Replace Daghesh Lene with Forte Section 5.3 – Begadkephat Consonants tyrI B. B e -reet tyrIB.h; Hab-B e -reet You can also just ask the question: Does a vowel precede it?

BBI Hebrew Grammar I Article and Conjunction Principles: Section 5.4 – Initial Gutturals Gutturals (and r ) cannot be doubled (i.e., they reject daghesh fortes) When the daghesh forte is rejected, the preceding vowel usually lengthens Remember: Short vowels like to be in closed syllables!

BBI Hebrew Grammar I Article and Conjunction Sections – Article Chart Initial Guttural? YesNo DF + h; Initial y> or m. ? NoYes h;h; Initial h or x ? Yes h' No * * One Exception: [' (UA), h' (UA), and x'  h,

BBI Hebrew Grammar I Article and Conjunction Why learn this chart? Sections – Some Exceptions Definite Article h appears often at the front of words! Interrogative Particle A few nouns and some very common verbs  %lh (1,554 times)  hyh (3,576 times) Several verb conjugations

BBI Hebrew Grammar I Article and Conjunction Section 5.6 – Vowel Changes Good Ship Hebrew

BBI Hebrew Grammar I Article and Conjunction Sections 5.7 – Conjunction Chart Reduced Initial Vowel? YesNo w> BUMP? NoYes W Simple? Yes Match Short Vowel No * * Three Exceptions! Yod, God, and (sometimes) Pod * *

BBI Hebrew Grammar I Article and Conjunction Add the article and conjunction to… Examples ~yviq.b;m. ~yviq.b;m. h; ~yviq.b;m. W Initial m. BUMP

BBI Hebrew Grammar I Article and Conjunction Add the article and conjunction to… Examples ry[i ry[ih' ry[iw> Initial Guttural Sometimes r y[iw" (not on quiz)

BBI Hebrew Grammar I Article and Conjunction Add the article and conjunction to… Examples lk;yhe lk;yheh; lk;yhew> Initial h / x Regular Form

BBI Hebrew Grammar I Article and Conjunction Add the article and conjunction to… Examples ~ydIÞb'[] ~ydIb'[]h' ~ydIb'[]w: Initial Guttural Compound Sheva

BBI Hebrew Grammar I Article and Conjunction Add the article and conjunction to… Examples ~ymir"K. ~ymir"K.h; ~ymir"K.W Regular Form Simple Sheva

BBI Hebrew Grammar I Article and Conjunction Know the article and conjunction charts (exceptions not on quiz) Section Summary Note section 5.11 for future class

BBI Hebrew Grammar I Article and Conjunction vae – Reminds me of “Ash” like from a fire Section Vocabulary ~y" – Mediterranean Sea is to the west of – Reminds me of “Keep it in a safe” !n"[' – Can be cloud or clouds (collective)

BBI Hebrew Grammar I Reminder Vocabulary and Grammar Quiz this week Don’t forget to be doing journal (turn end) After chapter 4, you know 16% of all OT words After chapter 5, you will know 35% of all OT words!!!