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Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar

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law (cf. legislate) garden (cf. gardener) minister (cf. rule) stand to attention (cf. inanimate) grace (cf. to pardon) all (cf. include) ~ shadow, ~ prayer (cf. track (cf. side pray) pave) partition (cf. to come between)Passiveadjectives:, ,)( 69–71 ADJECTIVE TYPES69 Passive adjectives ( ½ Öòe×Ðô ,½ÖòÐ×eô ,½eòÖk)Three of the verb patterns (binyanim) are capable of a direct object:PA’AL, HIF’IL and PI’EL. <strong>An</strong>d each usually has a corresponding passiveadjective, expressing a ‘state of having been done’ (also known as thepassive participle). Example: I opened the doorVerbUsing our model root --:The door is openPassive adj.1 Corresponding to PA’AL ‘to draw in’: , , , ‘drawn in’*2 Corresponding to HIF’IL ‘to insert’: ‘inserted’ , , , 123

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