Hebrew 131 Grammar Review
The dagesh forte (strong) may appear in all consonants except the following:
An open syllable ends in a __________.
Name (or show) the three parts of the definite article:
Write the four adjectival forms of
‫טוב‬
(using consonants only).
What is the Hebrew preposition used to indicate the comparative?
Fill in the blank. Any sentence may be converted into a question by prefixing a form of the particle ______to
the first word.
Write the construct form (consonants only) for the following words:
‫מלכים‬
‫תורה‬
‫תורות‬
The six letters that may have either a hard or soft (aspirated) pronunciation (in classical Hebrew) are
_________.
Hebrew words are generally stressed on the ________syllable.
Lengthening of a vowel sound preceding a letter which cannot be doubled is called ____________
___________.
An attributive adjective will agree with its noun in __________, ___________ and ______________.
A closed syllable ends in a ______________.
Indicate the pronunciation for the following vowel signs:
What are the three functions of the preposition ‫? ִמן‬
1. ____________________
2. ____________________
3. ____________________
Translate into Hebrew (using consonants only):
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‫אּו‬
___, ‫___ אֹו‬.
“the voice of the prophet”
“a voice of a prophet”
“a voice of the prophet”
What is the Hebrew character that forms a directional suffix (added to some nouns to indicate direction
towards)?
When two shewas occur together in the middle of a word as in ‫ש ְׁמרּו‬
ְׁ ִ‫ י‬the first shewa closes the one syllable
and is therefore _______(vocal or silent), while the second begins the next syllable and is therefore
______(vocal or silent).
Name the four prefixes that are attached to the imperfect form of the verb:
Put ‫ כֹ תֵ ב‬in its four participial forms (i.e., m.s., f.s., m.p., and f.p.):
Give an example of a segholate noun.
Do segholate nouns have an ultimate or penultimate stress?
The dagesh lene (weak) may appear only in which six Hebrew letters ___________.
The dot in the he (‫ )ה‬in ‫“( סּוסּה‬her horse”) is called a ____________.
What is the normal word order in the verbal sentence?
Show the three forms of the composite shewa.
Which four Hebrew consonants take a composite shewa instead of a vocal shewa?
What are the three inseparable prepositions?
Provide an example of a masculine plural noun that ends in ‫ ֹות‬-.
Provide and example of a feminine plural noun that ends in ‫ים‬.-.
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Add the suffixes (consonants only) to represent the Qal perfect verb form for each of the following:
3ms
‫ּכתב‬
3fs
‫ּכתב‬
2ms
‫ּכתב‬
2fs
‫ּכתב‬
1cs
‫ּכתב‬
3cp
‫ּכתב‬
2mp
‫ּכתב‬
2fp
‫ּכתב‬
1cp
‫ּכתב‬
Add the prefixes and suffixes (consonants only) to represent the Qal imperfect verb form for each of the
following:
3ms
‫כתב‬
3fs
‫כתב‬
2ms
‫כתב‬
2fs
‫כתב‬
1cs
‫כתב‬
3 mp
‫כתב‬
3fp
‫כתב‬
2mp
‫כתב‬
2fp
‫כתב‬
1cp
‫כתב‬
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Add the consonants to the preposition lamed to represent the pronominal suffixes listed below:
1cs
2ms
2fs
3ms
3fs
1cp
2mp
2fp
3mp
3fp
‫ל‬
‫ל‬
‫ל‬
‫ל‬
‫ל‬
‫ל‬
‫ל‬
‫ל‬
‫ל‬
‫ל‬
Add the consonants to represent the pronominal suffixes listed below:
1cs
‫סּוס‬
2ms
‫סּוס‬
2fs
‫סּוס‬
3ms
‫סּוס‬
3fs
‫סּוס‬
1cp
‫סּוס‬
2mp
‫סּוס‬
2fp
‫סּוס‬
3mp
‫סּוס‬
3fp
‫סּוס‬
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