Berachah Bible Institute Hebrew Grammar I

1. Berachah Bible InstituteHebrew Grammar I Chapter 5: Definite Article and Conjunction Vav

2. Article and Conjunction BBIHebrew Grammar I Section 5.1 - Introduction Definite Indefinite • The king A king • El reyUn rey • %l,M,ñh; %l,M,ñ Unlike English and Spanish, Hebrew has no indefinite article.

3. Article and Conjunction BBIHebrew Grammar I Section 5.1 - Introduction Three types of definite nouns • Those with definite article: %l,M,ñh; • 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.

4. Article and Conjunction BBIHebrew Grammar I Section 5.2 – Form of the Article Daghesh Forte + h; Examples with some words you don’t know • yliK.h; Definite • #[e Indefinite • rq,Boñh; Definite • !Anb'L.h; Definite • @s,K,h; Definite • ~ysim'h] Indefinite

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

6. Article and Conjunction BBIHebrew Grammar I Section 5.4 – Initial Gutturals Principles: • 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!

7. Initial Guttural? No Yes Initial y> or m.? Initialh or x? No Yes Yes No DF + h; h; h' Article and Conjunction BBIHebrew Grammar I Sections 5.4-5.5 – Article Chart * * One Exception: [' (UA),h' (UA), and x' h,

8. Article and Conjunction BBIHebrew Grammar I Sections 5.4-5.5 – Some Exceptions Why learn this chart? h appears often at the front of words! • Definite Article • Interrogative Particle • A few nouns and some very common verbs • %lh (1,554 times) • hyh (3,576 times) • Several verb conjugations

9. Article and Conjunction BBIHebrew Grammar I Section 5.6 – Vowel Changes Good Ship Hebrew

10. Article and Conjunction BBIHebrew Grammar I Sections 5.7 – Conjunction Chart Reduced Initial Vowel? No Yes BUMP? Simple? * * * No Yes Yes No w> W MatchShortVowel * Three Exceptions! Yod, God, and (sometimes) Pod

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

12. Article and Conjunction BBIHebrew Grammar I Examples Add the article and conjunction to… ry[i ry[ih' Initial Guttural ry[iw> Sometimesry[iw" (not on quiz)

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

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

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

16. Article and Conjunction BBIHebrew Grammar I Section 5.8 - Summary • Know the article and conjunction charts (exceptions not on quiz) • Note section 5.11 for future class

17. Article and Conjunction BBIHebrew Grammar I Section 5.9 - Vocabulary • vae – Reminds me of “Ash” like from a fire • ~y" – Mediterranean Sea is to the west of Israel • @s,Kñ, – Reminds me of “Keep it in a safe” • !n"[' – Can be cloud or clouds (collective)

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