Biblical Hebrew for Students of Modern Israeli Hebrew

Answer Key by Jeffrey Stackert and Mark Z. Brettler

Yale University Press, 2002
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Exercises for Chapter 25
1.
a. ::c3ms imperfect root:::; he will look; the prefix vowel :ccharacterizes the
::cimperfect; the initial root letter :: assimilates to the following root letter (note
the :. in the :: ).
b. ::c: 3ms perfect root :; he was thrust out; the initial :: is characteristic of the
::c:, while the initial root letter :: assimilates to the following root letter (note the :.
in the ::); this form could also be a ::c 3ms perfect or a :; 1cp imperfect.
c. ::c 3fs or 2ms imperfect root ::; she/you will cause to understand; this is the
typical form for the ::cof hollow verbs; it could also be :;imperfect (she/you
will understand).
d. ::c 3ms jussive root :.; may he command; the imperfect form is :.,but the
final syllable, with the marking of the ::cs doubling, is dropped in the jussive and
converted imperfect.
e. ::c3ms converted imperfect root ::; he smote; :is the long form, but the
final syllable is lost in the converted form; the prefix vowel indicates that the form is
::c; the initial :: normally assimilates, but in this form, because the final syllable is
lost, the doubling of the : is also lost.
f. ::c3ms impf/jussive root ; he will give thanks; the verb is historically initial
::, and the initial :: reappears in the ::c as the prefix vowel.
g. ::c 3ms perfect root ::; he was made to sit; the ;:: vowel in the prefix is due
to the original first consonant, ::. The form could also be a pausal infinitive.
h. ::c1cs imperfect root c::; I will raise; the prefixed :xcharacterizes the first
perfect imperfect, and the remaining : - is characteristic of hollow roots in the ::c.
This form cannot be :; because its root is middle ::, not middle :.
i. ::c 3mp imperfect root ::; they will testify against; the forms : pattern is
characteristic of 3mp imperfect hollow root forms. This form cannot be :; because its
root is middle ::, not middle :.
j. ::c 3ms perfect root :x:; he refused; the form is parallel to :, except that the
initial vowel is compensatorily lengthened because the middle radical, a guttural, will
not tolerate a :. .
k. ::c: 3fs perfect or fs participle root :; she was/is left over; the prefix ::
characterizes the ::c:, while the original initial :: is preserved in the prefix vowel.
l. ::c: ms participle or 3ms pausal perfect root :.:; he is/was standing; the initial ::
of the root assimilates to the following root letter. The form could also theoretically
be a ::c 3ms pausal perfect
Biblical Hebrew for Students of Modern Israeli Hebrew
Answer Key by Jeffrey Stackert and Mark Z. Brettler
Yale University Press, 2002
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Exercises for Chapter 25 (page 2 of 15)
m. ::c or :; converted imperfect root ::; he brought up/he went up; the :c that
follows the :is either that of the ::cs prefix or, in the :;, due to the following
guttural; the converted imperfect takes the short form in final :verbs, but even the
long form in this case (::) does not help distinguish between binyanim.
2.
Gen 17:20
::::: :;1cs perfect + 2ms suffix root :::; I heard you
:::: ::c1cs perfect root ::; I blessed
:c:: ::c1cs converted perfect root c; I will make fruitful
:::: ::c1cs converted perfect root :; I will make numerous
::: ::c3ms imperfect root :; he will sire
:::::: :;1cs converted perfect + 3ms suffix root :::; I will give him
Gen. 18:29
::: ::c3ms converted imperfect root c:; he added/did again
::: ::cinf const + -: preposition root ::; to speak
:x:: :;3ms converted imperfect root :x; he said
:x.:: ::c:3mp imperfect + paragogic :: root x.:; they will be found
::x: :;1cs imperfect root ::; I will do
Gen. 24:48
;x:: :;1cs converted imperfect root ;; I bowed down
:::x:: ::c ::(this is the only attested root in this :: in BH; however, in other Semitic
languages, the equivalent of this stem, called the t in cross-Semitic classification of
verbal stems, is readily attested) 1cs converted imperfect root :; I worshipped
:x:: ::c1cs converted imperfect root ::; I blessed
::: ::c3ms perfect +1cs suffix root :; he led me
:;:: :;inf const root ;:; to take
Gen. 29:13
:: :;3ms converted imperfect root ; it was
::::: :;infinitive const + -: preposition root :::; when he heard
:: :;3ms converted imperfect root .:; he ran
::x;:: :;infinitive const + -: preposition + 3ms suff root x;; to meet him
;::: ::c3ms converted imperfect root ;:; he embraced
;:::: ::c3ms converted imperfect root ;::; he kissed
:x::: ::c3ms conv imperfect +3ms suffix root x::; he brought him
c::: ::c3ms converted imperfect root c:; he recounted
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Exercises for Chapter 25 (page 3 of 15)
Gen. 34:30
:x:: :;3ms converted imperfect root :x; he said
::::: :;2mp perfect root ::; you troubled
::x::: ::cinf const +1cs suffix root :x:; to make me odious
:::: :;ms act participle + -: preposition root ::; among the inhabitant
:c:x::: ::c :3cp converted perfect root c:x; they will gather
::::: ::c3cp conv perfect +1cs suffix root ::; they will kill me
:::::: ::c :1cs converted perfect root ::; I will be destroyed
Gen. 37:32
::::: ::c3mp converted imperfect root ::; they sent
:x::: ::c3mp conv imperfect root x::; they brought
::x:: :;3mp converted imperfect root :x; they said
::x.:: :;1cp perfect root x.:; we found
:: ::cms impv root ::; recognize!
Gen. 37:35
::;:: :;3mp converted imperfect root ::;; they arose
::::: ::cinf const + -: preposition root ::; to comfort him
x::: ::c3ms converted imperfect root :x:; he refused
::::: ::c:inf const + -: preposition root ::; to be comforted
:x:: :;3ms converted imperfect root :x; he said
x: :;1cs imperfect root ; I will go down
::: :;3ms converted imperfect root ::; he wept
Gen. 38:13-15
.:: ::c3ms conv imperfect root .:; it was made known
:x:: :;inf const + -: preposition root :x; saying
::: :;act part root ::; he is going up
.:: :;inf const + -: preposition root .; to shear
:::: :;3fs converted imperfect root ::; she turned aside, took off
::::: ::c3fs converted imperfect root ::; she covered
:::::: ::c:3fs converted imperfect root c::; she wrapped herself
::::: :;3fs converted imperfect root ::; she sat down
:x: :;3fs perfect root x; she saw
:.: :;3ms perfect root :.; he grew up
:::: ::c:3fs perfect root :::; she was given
x:: :;3ms converted imperfect + 3fs suffix root x; he saw her
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Exercises for Chapter 25 (page 4 of 15)
:::: :;3ms converted imperfect + 3fs suffix root ::; he considered her
:::: ::c3fs perfect root ::; she had covered
Gen. 42:7
x:: :;3ms converted imperfect root x; he saw
:::: ::c3mp conv imperfect + 3mp suffix root ::; he recognized them
::::: ::c:3ms converted imperfect root ::; he acted like a foreigner
::: ::c3ms converted imperfect root :; he spoke
:x:: :;3ms converted imperfect root :x; he said
::x:: :;2mp perfect root x::; you came
::x:: :;3mp converted imperfect root :x; they said
:::: :;inf construct root ::; to buy grain
Gen. 42:25
:.:: ::c3ms converted imperfect root :.; he commanded
:x:::: ::c3mp converted imperfect root x::; they filled
::::: ::cinf construct + -: preposition + :: root :::; he returned
::::: :;inf construct + -: preposition + :: root :::; to give
:::: :;3mp converted imperfect root ::; he did
Gen. 43:9
::::x: :;1cs imperfect + 3ms suffix root ::; I will be the exchange for him
:::;::: ::c2ms imperfect + 3ms suffix root :;:; you may seek him
::x:: ::c1cs perfect + 3ms suffix root x::; I brought him
::..:: ::c1cs perfect + 3ms suffix root ..:; I set him
:x::: :;1cs converted perfect root x:; I will sin/be guilty
Gen. 43:18
:x:: :;3mp converted imperfect root x; they feared
:x::: ::c3mp perfect root x::; they were brought
::x:: :;3mp converted imperfect root :x; they said
::: :;ms active participle (defined) root :::; the one who returns
:x:::: ::cmp participle root x::; the ones brought
::.::: ::c:infinitive const + -: preposition root ::.; to assail
:c::::: ::c:infinitive const + -: preposition root :c:; to throw oneself
:;::: :;infinitive const + -: preposition root ;:; to take
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Exercises for Chapter 25 (page 5 of 15)
Gen. 44:11-13
:::: ::c3mp converted imperfect root :; they hurried
:::: ::c3mp converted imperfect root ; they lowered/brought down
::c:: :;3mp converted imperfect root :c they opened
:c:: ::c3ms converted imperfect root :c; he searched
:: ::c3ms perfect root ::; he began
::: ::c3ms perfect root ::; he completed
x.::: ::c:3ms converted imperfect root x.:; it was found
::;:: :;3mp converted imperfect root :; they tore
::::: :;3ms converted imperfect root ::: he loaded
::::: :;3mp converted imperfect root ::: they returned
Biblical Hebrew for Students of Modern Israeli Hebrew
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Exercises for Chapter 25 (page 6 of 15)
3.
:: Root Tense Person Gender Num Other Translation
::c :.: perf 2 m s you saved
::c: :/: conv impf 1 c s I was left alone
::c :: impv m p loss of :. praise him!
under ::x::
::c: x:: perf 3 c p they prophesied
::c: x: perf 3 m s he hid
participle m s he is hiding
::c ;: conv impf 3 m s he gave drink
::c : perf 3 m s he was merciful
::c : participle m s is hurrying
::c :: impf 3 m s he will begin
::c :x impv m p listen!
::c .: conv impf 3 m s he told
::c :: impf 3 m s he will incline
::c :: perf 3 c p they served
::c :: impf 3 m s he will shout
jussive 3 m s may he shout
::c :: inf const to bless
impv m s bless!
::c :; perf 1 c s I waited
::c: :x perf 3 m s he desired
::c: :.: perf 3 c p they stood
::c :: participle m s +2fs suff recognizing you
::c: ::x participle m s trustworthy
::c : perf 2 m s you disciplined
::c :: perf 3 c p they served
::c :.: impv m s take away!
inf const to take away
::c :: juss 3 m s may he deliver
::c : impf 3 m s he will rebuke
::c ;: conv impf 2 m s you gave drink
3 f s she gave drink
::c :.: impv f s erect!
::c : inf abs certainly destroy
impv m s destroy!
::c .:: conv impf 3 m s +3mp suff he overtook them
::c : perf 1 c p we waited
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Exercises for Chapter 25 (page 7 of 15)
4. Translations below are from NJPS
a. 16 The maiden was very beautiful, a virgin whom no man had known. She went down
to the spring, filled her jar, and came up.
17 The servant ran toward her and said, Please, let me sip a little water from your
jar.
18 Drink, my lord, she said, and she quickly lowered her jar upon her hand and let
him drink.
19 When she had let him drink his fill, she said, I will also draw for your camels,
until they finish drinking.
20 Quickly emptying her jar into the trough, she ran back to the well to draw, and she
drew for all his camels.
21 The man, meanwhile, stood gazing at her, silently wondering whether the LORD
had made his errand successful or not.
22 When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold nose-ring weighing a
half-shekel, and two gold bands for her arms, ten shekels in weight.
23 Pray tell me, he said, whose daughter are you? Is there room in your fathers
house for us to spend the night?
:: :; 3ms perfect + 3fs suffix root :
::: :; 3fs converted imperfect root
x::::: ::c 3fs converted imperfect root x::
::::: :; 3fs converted imperfect root ::
:: :; 3ms converted imperfect root .:
:x;:: :; infinitive const + -: preposition + 3fs suffix root x;
:x:: :; 3ms converted imperfect root :x
:x:.: ::cfs impv + 1cs suffix root x:.
:x::: :; 3fs converted imperfect root :x
::: :; ms imperative root ::
:::: ::c 3fs converted imperfect root :
::: ::c3fs converted imperfect root
:;:::: ::c3fs converted imperfect + 3ms suffix root ;:
::::: ::c 3fs converted imperfect root ::
::;::: ::cinfinitive const + -: preposition + 3ms suffix root ;:
:x:x: :; 1cs imperfect root :x:
:::: ::c 3cp perfect root ::
::::: :; infinitive const + -: preposition root ::
:::: ::c 3fs converted imperfect root :
::: :; 3fs converted imperfect root .:
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Exercises for Chapter 25 (page 8 of 15)
:x::: :; infinitive const + -: preposition root :x:
:x:::: :; 3fs converted imperfect root :x:
x:::: ::c: ms participle root x:
::: ::cms participle root :
:::: :; infinitive const + -: preposition root :
:.: ::c3ms perfect + interrogative x root :.
:: :; 3ms converted imperfect root
:::::: :; infinitive const + -: preposition root ::
;:: :; 3ms converted imperfect root ;:
.: ::cfs imperative root .:
::: :; infinitive const + -: preposition root ::
:: fs noun + 3fs suffix; abs form :
::: fs noun + : preposition + 2fs suffix; abs form :
:x: ms noun + 1cs suffix; abs form :x
: fs noun + 3fs suffix; abs form
::.:: mp noun + -: preposition + 2ms suffix; abs form :::.
:::.: mp noun + 3ms suffix; abs form :::.
::: ms or fs noun + 3ms suffix; abs form
: f dual noun + 3fs suffix; abs form :
::;::: ms noun + 3ms suffix; abs form :;::
::;::: ms noun + 3mp suffix; abs form :;::
:x: ms noun + 2fs suffix; abs form :x
b. 16 Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the older one was Leah, and the name
of the younger was Rachel.
17 Leah had weak eyes; Rachel was shapely and beautiful.
18 Jacob loved Rachel; so he answered, I will serve you seven years for your
younger daughter Rachel.
19 Laban said, Better that I give her to you than that I should give her to an
outsider. Stay with me.
20 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel and they seemed to him but a few days
because of his love for her.
21 Then Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, for my time is fulfilled, that I may
cohabit with her.
22 And Laban gathered all the people of the place and made a feast.
23 When evening came, he took his daughter Leah and brought her to him; and he
cohabited with her.
24 Laban had given his maidservant Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maid.
25 When morning came, there was Leah! So he said to Laban, What is this you h
ave done to me? I was in your service for Rachel! Why did you deceive me?
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26 Laban said, It is not the practice in our place to marry off the younger before the
older.
27 Wait until the bridal week of this one is over and we will give you that one too,
provided you serve me another seven years.
28 Jacob did so; he waited out the bridal week of the one, and then he gave him his
daughter Rachel as wife.
:: :; 3fs perfect root
:x:: :; 3ms converted imperfect root :x
:x:: :; 3ms converted imperfect root :x
::x: :; cs cohortative + 2ms suffix root ::
::: :; infinitive const + 1cs suffix root :::
:::: :; infinitive const + : preposition (comparative) + 1cs suffix root :::
::: :; ms elongated imperative root ::
:::: :; 3ms converted imperfect root ::
::: :; 3mp converted imperfect root
:::x:: :; infinitive const + -: preposition + 3ms suffix root :x
:: :; ms elongated imperative root :
:x::: :; 3mp converted imperfect root x::
x::x:: :; cs cohortative + :: root x::
:x:: :; 3ms converted imperfect root c:x
:::: :; 3ms converted imperfect root ::
:: :; 3ms converted imperfect root
;:: :; 3ms converted imperfect root ;:
x::: ::c 3ms converted imperfect root x::
x::: :; 3ms converted imperfect root :
::: :; 3ms converted imperfect root :::
:::: :; 2ms perfect root ::
:::: :; 1cs perfect root ::
:::: ::c 3ms perfect + 1cs suffix root :
::: ::c: 3ms imperfect root ::
:::: :; infinitive const + -: preposition root :::
x::: ::c ms imperative root x::
::::: :; cp cohortative + :: root :::
:::: :; 2ms imperfect root ::
x:::: ::c 3ms converted imperfect root x::
::: fs noun + 2ms suffix; abs form ::
::::: f dual noun + -: preposition + 3ms suffix; abs form :::
::x: fs noun + 1cs suffix; abs form :x
:: mp noun + 1cs suffix (pausal); abs form ::
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:::: fs noun + 3ms suffix; abs form ::
::c:: fs noun + 3ms suffix; abs form c:
::::;::: ms noun + -: preposition + 1cs suffix; abs form ::;:
c. 13 If you hear it said, of one of the towns that the LORD your God is giving you to
dwell in,
14 that some scoundrels from among you have gone and subverted the inhabitants of
their town, saying, Come let us worship other godswhom you have not
experienced
15 you shall investigate and inquire and interrogate thoroughly. If it is true, the fact is
established that abhorrent thing was perpetrated in your midst
16 put the inhabitants of that town to the sword and put its cattle to the sword. Doom
it and all that is in it to destruction:
17 gather all its spoil into the open square, and burn the town and all its spoil as a
holocaust to the LORD your God. And it shall remain an everlasting ruin, never to be
rebuilt.
18 Let nothing that has been doomed stick to your hand, in order that the LORD may
turn from His blazing anger and show you compassion, and in His compassion
increase you as He promised your fathers on oath
19 for you will be heeding the LORD your God, obeying all His commandments that
I enjoin upon you this day, doing what is right in the sight of the LORD your God.
::::: :; 2ms imperfect root :::
::: :; 3ms perfect root :::
::::: :; infinitive const + -: preposition root ::
:x:: :; infinitive const + -: preposition root :x
:x.: :; 3mp perfect root x.
::: ::c 3mp converted imperfect root :
::: :; mp active participle (construct) root ::
:::: :; cp cohortative root ::
::::: :; cp cohortative + :: root ::
:::: :; 2mp perfect root :
:::: :; 2ms converted perfect root :
:;:: :; 2ms converted perfect root ;
::x::: :; 2ms converted perfect root :x:
::: :; infinitive absolute root ::
:::: ::c: ms participle root :::
::::: ::c : 3fs perfect root ::
:::: ::c inf abs + 2ms imperfect root ::
:: ::c ms imperative root :
:;:: :; 2ms imperfect root .:;
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Exercises for Chapter 25 (page 11 of 15)
:c::: :; 2ms converted perfect root c:
::: :; 3fs converted perfect root
:::: :; 2ms imperfect root ::
;:: :; 3ms imperfect root ;:
:::: :; 3ms imperfect root :::
:::: :; 3ms converted perfect root :::
::: ::c 3ms converted perfect root :
::: ::c 3ms converted perfect + 2ms suffix root :
::::: ::c : 3ms perfect root :::
:::: :; infinitive const + -: preposition root ::
:.:: ::c ms participle + 2ms suffix root :.
:::::: :; infinitive const + -: preposition root ::
:: fp noun + 2ms suffix; abs form ::
:x: mp noun + 2ms suffix; abs form ::x
:;:: ms noun + : preposition + 2ms suffix; abs form :;
::: fs noun + 3mp suffix; abs form :
:;:: ms noun + -: preposition + 2ms suffix; abs form :;
:::: fs noun + 3fs suffix; abs form ::
:::: ms noun + 3fs suffix; abs form :::
:: ms noun + 3fs suffix; abs form ::
:: fs noun + -: preposition + 2ms suffix; abs form
:cx: ms noun + 3ms suffix; abs form x
::x:: mp noun + -: preposition + 2ms suffix; abs form :::x
:::.:: fp noun + 3ms suffix; abs form ::.:
d. 19 Thus said the LORD to me: Go and stand in the Peoples Gate, by which the kings
of Judah enter and by which they go forth, and in all the gates of Jerusalem,
20 and say to them: Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and all Judah, and
all the inhabitants of Jerusalem who enter by these gates!
21 Thus said the LORD: Guard yourselves for your own sake against carrying
burdens on the sabbath day, and bringing them through the gates of Jerusalem.
22 Nor shall you carry out burdens from your houses on the sabbath day, or do any
work, but you shall hallow the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
23 (But they would not listen or turn their ear; they stiffened their necks and would
not pay heed or accept discipline.)
24 If you obey Me declares the LORD and do not bring in burdens through the
gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day and do no work on it,
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25 then through the gates of this city shall enter kings who sit upon the throne of
David, with their officers riding on chariots and horses, they and their officers
and the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And this city shall be
inhabited for all time.
26 And people shall come from the towns of Judah and from the environs of
Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the Shephelah, and from the hill
country, and from the Negeb, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, meal offerings
and frankincense, and bringing offerings of thanksgiving to the House of the LORD.
27 But if you do not obey My command to hallow the sabbath day and to carry in no
burdens through the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day, then I will set fire to its
gates; it shall consume the fortresses of Jerusalem and it shall not be extinguished.
:x: :; 3ms perfect root :x
:: :; inf abs root ::
::::: :; 2ms converted perfect root ::
:x:: :; 3mp imperfect root x::
:x.: :; 3mp imperfect root x.
::x:: :; 2ms converted perfect root :x
::::: :; mp imperative root :::
::: :; mp active participle (construct) root ::
:x:: :; mp active participle (defined) root x::
:::: ::c: mp imperative root ::
:x:::x:: :;prohibitive construction 2ms impf root x::
::x:::::c 2mp converted perfect root x::
:x.::: ::c 2mp imperfect root x.
::::: :; 2mp imperfect root ::
:::;:: ::c 2mp converted perfect root :;
::.: ::c 2mp converted perfect root :;
::::: :; 3cp perfect root :::
::: ::c 3cp perfect root ::
::;:: ::c 3mp converted imperfect root :;
::::: :; ms active participle root :::
(::::: :; infinitive construct root :::
:;: :; infinitive construct root ;:
:: :; 3ms converted perfect root
::::::::: :; infinitive abs + 2mp imperfect + paragogic :: root :::
x:: ::c infinitive construct root x::
:;::: ::c infinitive construct + -: preposition root :;
::::: :; infinitive construct root ;:
:x::: :; 3mp converted perfect root x::
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:::: :; mp active participle root ::
:::: :; mp active participle + :: root ::
:::: :; 3fs converted perfect root ::
:x::: ::c mp participle root x::
x::::::c mp participle (construct) + :: root x::
:::::: :; 2mp imperfect root :::
:x:: :; infinitive construct root x::
x::: :; infinitive construct + :: root x::
:.:: ::c 1cs converted perfect root :.
::x:: :; 3fs converted perfect root ::x
::::::c 3fs imperfect root ::
:::::c::: fp noun + -: preposition + 2mp suffix; abs form :::c:
:::::: mp noun + : preposition + 2mp suffix; abs form :::
:::::x: mp noun + 2mp suffix; abs form :::x
::x: fs noun + 3mp suffix; abs form x
:c:: ms noun + 3mp suffix; abs form :
:::: mp noun + :: + 3mp suffix; abs form ::
:::: mp noun + -: preposition + 3fs suffix; abs form :::
e. 1 There was a man in the land of Uz named Job. That man was blameless and upright;
he feared God and shunned evil.
2 Seven sons and three daughters were born to him;
3 his possessions were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred
yoke of oxen and five hundred she-asses, and a very large household. That man was
wealthier than anyone in the East.
4 It was the custom of his sons to hold feasts, each on his set day in his own home.
They would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
5 When a round of feast days was over, Job would send word to them to sanctify
themselves, and, rising early in the morning, he would make burnt offerings, one for
each of them; for Job thought, Perhaps my children have sinned and blasphemed
God in their thoughts. This is what Job always used to do.
: :; 3ms perfect root
:: :; 3ms converted perfect root
::: :; ms participle + :: root ::
:::::::c: 3mp converted imperfect root :
:: :; 3ms converted imperfect root
::::: :; 3cp converted perfect root ::
::::: :; 3cp converted perfect root ::
::::: :; 3cp converted perfect root ::
:x;:: :; 3cp converted perfect root x;
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::x:: :; infinitive construct + -: preposition root ::x
::::::: :; infinitive construct + -: preposition + :: root ::
:c;:::c 3cp perfect root c;:
:::: :; 3ms converted imperfect root ::
::;:: ::c 3ms converted imperfect + 3ms suffix root :;
::::: ::c 3ms converted perfect root :::
:::: ::c 3ms converted perfect root ::
:x::; 3ms perfect root :x
:x:: :; 3cp perfect root x:
:::::::c 3cp converted perfect root ::
::::; 3ms imperfect root ::
:::: ms noun + 3ms suffix; abs form ::
::;:: ms noun + 3ms suffix; abs form :;:
:::: mp noun + 3ms suffix; abs form :::
:::: ms noun + 3ms suffix; abs form ::
::x: fp noun + 3mp suffix; abs form ::x
(:::x: fp noun + 3mp suffix; abs form ::x
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f. 1 My son, do not forget my teaching, But let your mind retain my commandments;
2 For they will bestow on you length of days, Years of life and well-being.
3 Let fidelity and steadfastness not leave you; Bind them about your throat, Write
them on the tablet of your mind,
4 And you will find favor and approbation In the eyes of God and man.
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Biblical Hebrew for Students of Modern Israeli Hebrew
Answer Key by Jeffrey Stackert and Mark Z. Brettler
Yale University Press, 2002
yalebooks.com/hebrew
Exercises for Chapter 25 (page 15 of 15)
g. 7 Two things I ask of you; do not deny them to me before I die:
8 Keep lies and false words far from me; Give me neither poverty nor riches, But
provide me with my daily bread,
9 Lest, being sated, I renounce, saying, Who is the LORD? Or, being
impoverished, I take to theft And profane the name of my God.
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