In this review, my first, of a Hebrew grammar, I want to look at A Biblical Hebrew Reference Grammar by Christo H. J. van der Merwe, Jackie A. Naudé and Jan H. Kroeze. I chose this particular grammar first because its methodology in analyzing Hebrew grammar is different from what you see on this site. In particular,Continue reading “Grammar Review: van der Merwe-Naude-Kroeze”
Author Archives: Richard C. McDonald
Ruth 1:6b
Ruth 1:6a
A friendly reminder – The Shewa
The shewa (סְ) – those two vertical dots under the consonants – come in 2 varieties, though they will look alike. Characteristics Silent Shewa Usually preceded by a short vowel: מַלְכִּי The shewa under the lamed is silent because it follows a short vowel, the patah Never falls on the first letter of a word! WillContinue reading “A friendly reminder – The Shewa”
The Accents
Below is a link to a PDF with a chart listing the disjunctive and conjunctive accents. In the video for Isaiah 9:5e I mentioned a few disjunctive accents, and in future videos I’ll make mention of others. This chart will be a helpful reference for you so you won’t have to dig out your books.Continue reading “The Accents”
Isaiah 9:5e
Also see my post on the accents under the Hebrew 101 link.
Isaiah 9:5d
For more reading on the noun שְׁכֶם “shoulder”, see Joüon-Muraoka §96Ak
Isaiah 9:5c
A Friendly Reminder: the Derived Stems
In this post I want to briefly define the derived stems and show their general relationship with one another. Qal – this is the “light” form. It is “light” because it is not made “heavy” by the additions of the Pi”el, Pu”al, etc. It is your basic form; simple action. Niph’al – with the passiveContinue reading “A Friendly Reminder: the Derived Stems”
The Qal Passive form and Isaiah 9:5
In the video for Isaiah 9:5b I noted that the verb יֻלַּד could be taken as a Pu”al Perfect of ילד or a Qal Passive Perfect of ילד. In the video I stated that I believe the form is a Qal Passive Perfect, but then I proceeded to explain how it could be parsed asContinue reading “The Qal Passive form and Isaiah 9:5”
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