Monday, October 31, 2011

Genesis 1:14

וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי מְאֹרֹת בִּרְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמַיִם לְהַבְדִּיל בֵּין הַיֹּום וּבֵין הַלָּיְלָה וְהָיוּ לְאֹתֹת וּלְמֹועֲדִים וּלְיָמִים וְשָׁנִים׃

וַיֹּאמֶר Qal imperfect 3ms from אָמַר (he said) "he will say" with a vav conversive making it "and he said"

אֱלֹהִים noun masculine plural "God"

יְהִי Qal imperfect/jussive 3ms from הָיָה (he was) "let there be"

מְאֹרֹת noun feminine plural "light holders" (note: BibleWorks 4 parses this as a masculine plural)

בִּרְקִיעַ preposition with noun masculine singular in construct "in [the] expanse of"

הַשָּׁמַיִם definite article with noun masculine plural "the heavens"

לְהַבְדִּיל Hiphil infinitive from בָּדַל (he divided) "to cause a division"

בֵּין preposition "between"

הַיֹּום definite article with noun masculine singular "the day"

וּבֵין conjunction with preposition "and between"

הַלָּיְלָה definite article with noun masculine singular "the night"

וְהָיוּ Qal perfect 3rd masuline plural from הָיָה (he was) "they were" with a vav conversive making it "and they will be"

לְאֹתֹת preposition with noun feminine plural "to signs" or "for signs"

וּלְמֹועֲדִים conjunction with preposition and noun masculine plural "and for appointed places" or "and for seasons"

וּלְיָמִים conjunction with preposition and noun masculine plural "and for days"

וְשָׁנִים conjunction with noun feminine plural "and years" (note: this feminine noun, שָׁנַה, can take either the וֹת or ימ ִ plural ending.)

Friday, October 28, 2011

Genesis 1:13

וַיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַיְהִי־בֹקֶר יֹום שְׁלִישִׁי׃

וַיְהִי־עֶרֶב Qal imperfect 3ms from הָיָה (he was) "he will be" with a vav conversive making it "and it [he] was" with noun masculine singular "evening"

וַיְהִי־בֹקֶר Qal imperfect 3ms from הָיָה (he was) "he will be" with a vav conversive making it "and it [he] was" with noun masculine singular "morning"

יֹום noun masculine singular "day"

שְׁלִישִׁי adjective masculine singular "third"

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Genesis 1:12

וַתֹּוצֵא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע לְמִינֵהוּ וְעֵץ עֹשֶׂה־פְּרִי אֲשֶׁר זַרְעֹו־בֹו לְמִינֵהוּ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֹוב׃

וַתֹּוצֵא Hiphil imperfect 3fs from יָצָא (he brought forth) "she will cause to come forth" with a vav conversive making it "and it [she] caused to come forth" (note: This is a difficult form. It is both a Pe yod (historically Pe vav) and a Lamed Aleph verb and the vowels have done some really strange things. I had to look this one up)

הָאָרֶץ definite article with noun feminine singular "the earth"

דֶּשֶׁא noun masculine singular "grass"

עֵשֶׂב noun masculine singular "herb"

מַזְרִיעַ Hiphil active participle masculine singular from זָרַע (he scattered, he sowed)"causing scattering, causing sowing, seeding"

זֶרַע noun masculine singular "seed"

לְמִינֵהוּ preposition "to" with noun masculine singular "kind" in construct with 3ms pronominal suffix "of it [him]" (note: I'm guessing that the ה between the נ and the וּ is for euphony, "good sound" **** I'm wrong...See Katie's comment to this post. The 3ms suffix is "hu" not just a sureq ****) "to its kind"

וְעֵץ conjunction "and" with noun masculine singular "and tree"

עֹשֶׂה־פְּרִי Qal participle masculine singular from עָשָה (he did, he made) noun masculine singular "making fruit"

אֲשֶׁר relative pronoun "which, whose"

זַרְעֹו־בֹו noun masculine singular "seed" with ms pronominal suffix "of it [him]" and preposition "in" with ms pronominal suffix "it [him]" predicate construction so we supply "is" - "its seed in it is"

לְמִינֵהוּ preposition "to" with noun masculine singular "kind" in construct with 3ms pronominal suffix "of it" - "to its kind"

וַיַּרְא Qal imperfect 3ms from רָאָה (he saw) "he will see" with a vav conversive making it "and he saw"

אֱלֹהִים noun masculine plural "God"

כִּי־טֹוב preposition "like, as" with adjective masculine singular "good" we supply a from of the verb "to be" because of the predicate construction "as being good" or "that it was good"

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Genesis 1:11

וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים תַּדְשֵׁא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע עֵץ פְּרִי עֹשֶׂה פְּרִי לְמִינֹו אֲשֶׁר זַרְעֹו־בֹו עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַיְהִי־כֵן׃

וַיֹּאמֶר Qal imperfect 3ms from the root אמר (he said) "he will say" with a vav conversive making it "and he said"

אֱלֹהִים noun masculine plural "God"

תַּדְשֵׁא Hiphil imperfect/jussive 3fs from the root דשׁא (sprout, green up) "let it [her] cause to green up"

הָאָרֶץ definite article with noun feminine singular "the earth"

דֶּשֶׁא noun masculine singular "green grass"

עֵשֶׂב noun masculine singular "herb"

מַזְרִיעַ Hiphil participle masculine singular from זָרַע (he scattered seed, he sowed)"seeding, causing seeding"

זֶרַע noun masculine singular "seed"

עֵץ noun masculine singular in construct "tree of"

פְּרִי noun masculine singular "fruit"

לְמִינֹו preposition with noun masculine singular and 3ms pronominal suffix "to-kind-of it, to its kind"

אֲשֶׁר relative pronoun "which, whose"

זַרְעֹו־בֹו noun masculine singular with pronominal suffix and preposition with pronominal suffix "seed-of-it in-it [is], seed is in it" (note: we provide a form of the verb "to be" because of the predicate construction with no definite article)

עַל־הָאָרֶץ preposition with definite article and noun feminine singular "upon the earth"

וַיְהִי־כֵן Qal imperfect 3ms from the root היה (he was) "it [he] will be" with a vav conversive making it "and it was" with the adverb "so"

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Genesis 1:10

וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים ׀ לַיַּבָּשָׁה אֶרֶץ וּלְמִקְוֵה הַמַּיִם קָרָא יַמִּים וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֹוב׃

וַיִּקְרָא Qal imperfect 3ms from the root קרא (he called)"he will call" with a vav conversive making it "and he called"

אֱלֹהִים noun masculine plural "God"

לַיַּבָּשָׁה preposition with noun feminine singular "to the dry land"

אֶרֶץ noun feminine singular "earth"

וּלְמִקְוֵה conjunction, preposition, and noun masculine singular in construct "and to the collection of"

הַמַּיִם definite article with noun dual masculine "the waters"

קָרָא Qal perfect 3ms from the root קרא (he called) "he called"

יַמִּים noun masculine plural "seas"

וַיַּרְא Qal imperfect 3ms from the root ראה (he saw)"he will see" with a vav conversive making it "and he saw"

אֱלֹהִים noun plural masculine "God"

כִּי־טֹוב prepostion with predicate adjective masculine singular "as [being] good, that [it was] good"

Monday, October 24, 2011

Genesis 1:9

וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִקָּווּ הַמַּיִם מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם אֶל־מָקֹום אֶחָד וְתֵרָאֶה הַיַּבָּשָׁה וַיְהִי־כֵן׃

וַיֹּאמֶר Qal imperfect 3ms from אמר (he said) "he will say" with vav conversive making it "and he said"

אֱלֹהִים masculine plural noun "God"

יִקָּווּ Niphal imperfect/jussive 3mp from the root קוה (he collected, he gathered together) "let them be gathered together"

הַמַּיִם Definite article with masculine plural noun "the waters"

מִתַּחַת preposion "from" with preposition "under"

הַשָּׁמַיִם Definite article with masculine dual noun "the heavens"

אֶל־מָקֹום preposition with masculine singular noun "unto place"

אֶחָד adjective masculine singular "one"

וְתֵרָאֶה conjunction with Niphal imperfect/jussive 3fs from ראה (he saw)"and let be seen"

הַיַּבָּשָׁה definite article with feminine singular noun "the dry land"

וַיְהִי־כֵן Qal imperfect 3ms from the root היה (he was) "it will be" with vav conversive making it "and it was" with adverb "so"

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Qal Imperfect

3ms יִשְׁמֹר he will keep

3fs תִּשְׁמֹר she will keep

2ms תִּשְׁמֹר you will keep

2fs תִּשְׁמְרִי you will keep

1cs אֶשְׁמֹר I will keep

3mp יִשְׁמְרוּ they will keep

3fp תִּשְׁמֹרְנָה they will keep

2mp תִּשְׁמְרוּ you all will keep

2fp תִּשְׁמֹרְנָה you all will keep

1cp נִשְׁמֹר we will keep

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Qal perfect

3ms שָׁמַר he kept
3fs שָׁמְרָה she kept
2ms שָׁמַרְתָּ you kept
2fs שָׁמַרְתְּ you kept
1cs שָׁמַרְתִּי I kept
3cp שָׁמְרוּ they kept
2mp שְׁמַרְתֶּם you all kept
2fp שְׁמַרְתֶּן you all kept
1cp שָׁמַרְנוּ we kept

Monday, October 17, 2011

Rule

רָדָה

he ruled
(verb Qal perfect 3ms)

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Greening

דָּשָׁא

he (it) sprouted, grew green
(verb Qal perfect 3ms)

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Notes on the strong verb chart

I've been looking at the strong verb chart and making some observations.
I'll be watching to see if these hold true. Some of these observations came about by reading Dr. Staats' rule charts. I just wanted to put them in a simple form.

The perfects follow the vowel patterns for the PAL nomenclature

Qal ("a" vowels)
Niphal ("i-a" vowel pattern)

Piel ("i-e" vowel pattern)
Pual ("u-a" vowel pattern)

Hiphil ("i-i" vowel pattern)
Hophal ("o-a" vowel pattern)

Hitpael (first syllable begins with ה and "i" vowel ands end with ת)

Imperfects have a prefix. Here are my observations:
1.)Prefix with a hireq is a Qal or a Niphal
(If the next vowel is an "a" vowel it's a Niphal anything else is Qal -note: the Hitpael also starts with hireq under the prefix, but it is pretty hard to mistake the "hit" or "yit" sound of the Hitpael)

2.)Prefix with a sheva is a Piel or a Pual
(It's pretty hard to miss the "u" vowel of the Pual or the "a" vowel of the Piel - both will double the middle radical as well)

3.)Prefix with a pathah is a Hiphil

4.)Prefix with a Qamets is a Hophal
(The next radical will have a sheva making it a closed syllable and thus a Qamets hatuph - "o" vowel)

5.)An aleph prefix is always 1cs
A nun prefix is always 1cp - note: this is in the imperfects
A yod prefix is always 3m ( with a וּ suffix it is plural)
The נה suffix is feminine plural (it could be 2nd or 3rd person)

fruit

פְרִי

fruit
(noun masculine singular)

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

seed

זֶרַע

seed
(noun masculine singular)

Thursday, October 6, 2011

call

קָרָא

he called
(verb Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular)

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Do

עָשָֹה

he did, he made
(verb Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular)

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

herb

עֵשֶֹב

grass, herb
(noun masculine singular)

Monday, October 3, 2011

soul

נֶפֶש

soul
(noun feminine singular)