Rules for Analyzing Hebrew Verbs
Rules for Analyzing Hebrew Verbs
Rules for Analyzing Hebrew Verbs
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if it has a tāw prefix, it is a 3f or 2m-2f <strong>for</strong>m (singular or plural);<br />
if it has an āleph or nûn prefix it is a 1st person <strong>for</strong>m (singular<br />
and plural respectively).<br />
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5. Patterns in the Imperfect. Identify the Pattern of Imperfects and<br />
other <strong>for</strong>ms based on the Imperfect Stem (usually the Imperative,<br />
Infinitive Construct and Infinitive Absolute, and Participle are based on<br />
the Imperfect Stem) by the recognition points.<br />
Qal: h.îreq-šĕwă . קְיִ or קְנִ , etc.<br />
<strong>Rules</strong> <strong>for</strong> Verb Analysis (3)<br />
Niphal: Niphal triangle לטֵקָּ יִ (a triangle is <strong>for</strong>med by h.îreq--dāgēš<br />
<strong>for</strong>te--qāmes.)<br />
With a Guttural ןמֵאָיֵ (Compensative lengthening instead of<br />
dāgēš <strong>for</strong>te)<br />
Pê Wāw בשֵׁוָּיִ (Note the Niphal triangle)<br />
(With a Hollow Verb ןוֹכּיִ The dāgēš results from the assimilation<br />
of the Nûn of the Niphal)<br />
Piel and Pual: A dāgēš <strong>for</strong>te will be in the middle letter and a vocal<br />
šĕwă under the prefix consonant; one can distinguish Piel from Pual<br />
by the sound of the vowels (a Pual will have a qibbûs. under the first root<br />
consonant).<br />
לטֵּ קַ יְ לטַּ קֻיְ<br />
The dāgēš in the middle letter sometimes disappears when<br />
there is a šĕwă under the letter (Seow, p. 59).<br />
Note: By definition, a Hollow verb cannot double its middle<br />
letter. Instead we have patterns called Polel (םמֵוֹקיְ) and<br />
Polal (םמַוֹקיְ). That is, the final letter of the Hollow root is<br />
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