Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar

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1 To describe someone’s or something’s appearance or clothing ornature, by a kind of transfer of the adjective to the person themselves.The phrase is hyphenated. Some of them are rather bookish.Examples:Theconstruct asa possessive -broad-shouldered fellows - high-minded politicians -a long-term program2 To describe the make-up of something, certain adjectives such as ‘full’ can be used in the construct: a smoke-filled room smoke-filled rooms dust-covered carpets an oil-rich country low-fat margarineMaking a whole sentence (as against a phrase), use rather than theconstruct: 3 In addition, formal Hebrew uses and in the construct fordescribing the appearance or characteristics of someone or something: children with long, curly hair this program is of particular importance a group lacking an ethnic identity133
Level Two74 Ðñ of possession:ó ÌÔòÑ¼Öa dÖñ ÌzÐñÔkÔzÐ½ Ìí ‘I looked into her eyes’When referring to a part of the body, colloquial Hebrew tends to use and even rather than : Yoram combed his hair(combed the hair) I closed my eyes(closed the eyes) Yoram combed Efrat’s hair(combed to Efrat the hair) I looked into her eyes(I looked to her into the eyes)! Why are you hitting him in the stomach!Study the construction just illustrated: instead of a possessive with thebody part, one simply uses . If it is a person other than the subject that isbeing affected, that person becomes a kind of indirect object, requiring - ,and is mentioned before the part of the body.More formal Hebrew, however, prefers: 75–6 CONSTRUCT NOUNS – VOWEL CHANGES75 Construct segolatesApart from the possibility of a construct suffix (17(d)), construct nounsare sometimes distinguished by internal vowel changes, depending largelyon the noun pattern involved.134A notable case is the construct plural of segolate nouns; segolates wereintroduced in 7(c). (The singular itself does not have a distinct constructform, hence ‘garment’: - ‘swimsuit’.) There are three maintypes:
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ContentsPrefaceGlossaryHebrew gramm
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20 The present tense 35(a) Form of
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Contents ‘grow’ 10458 PA’AL
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Contents91-6 Adverbials91 Adverbs o
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PrefaceThus the exercises in this b
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GlossaryxviAction nouns indicate an
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GlossaryPrefixes are bits prefixed
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Level OneFem. sing. Our Sara is t
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Level OneThe feminine plural pronou
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Level OneThere are some exceptions:
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Level OneWhen the vowel a becomes t
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Level One ~ evening ~ part ~ r
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Level OneExample: ‘good’Fem. s
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Level OneFurther examples: right
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Level OneA few quantity words follo
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Level One an empty tank an empty
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Level OneMasc. sing.Fem. sing.Masc.
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Level OneMasculine numerals 1-10 '
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Level One1 For ‘21, 31’, etc.
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Level Onec Adjectives without their
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Level OneThe full list is as follow
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Level OneFor words that already hav
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Level One19 The past tensea Form of
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Level OneAnd using the verb ‘get
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Level OneIn practice, confusion bet
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Level One take! run! put! get d
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Level OneThere is a variety of such
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Level One6 For an ADJECTIVE there i
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Level OneNotes:1 The suffixes consi
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Level OneNote: The traditional name
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Level OneNotes:1 In the past tense,
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Level OnePresent The vowel in
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Level One30-2 THE PASSIVE BINYANIM:
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Level OneNotes:1 Some omit the lett
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Level OnePU’AL, like the other pa
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Level One Take the meat Take the
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Level Onea Preposition + suffix: ,
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Level Oned Preposition + suffix:
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Level OneAdjustment (b)If the next
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Level One37L Ñ ‘there is, there
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Level One39 Questionsa Questions of
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Level OneBy contrast,rather than a
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Level OneIn fact, Hebrew commonly h
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Level One48 Adverbial clauses: Ìk
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Level OneFor hypothetical ‘like
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50-9 SPECIAL ROOT-TYPES ' rootsMany
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Exercises31 Binyan HUF’AL1 Using
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Exercises35 Preposition + suffix35a
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Exercises35e Preposition + suffix:
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Exercises43 Adverbs of time and pla
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Exercises4 It is possible that they
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Exercises2 and: ‘he decided’,
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Exercises53 Four-consonant rootsUsi
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Exercises56d ,1 He had to go to a
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Exercisesand the future tense:. . .
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Exercises65 Nouns from adjectivesFo
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Exercises9 On what words are the fo
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Exercises73 The construct as a poss
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Exercises78 Preposition + suffix:Ò
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Exercises87-90 COMPARATIVES87 Compa
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Exercises95í Ö of destination, e.
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Exercises102 Wishes and requests1 I
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Exercises106b Starting with the obj
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about (= concerning) about (= appr
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abybaby carriagebaby girlbaby sitte
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ainwavebreadto breakto break out (w
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in chargecharityChavaChayacheapchec
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court (of law)courtyardcousincowcra
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DovdownstairsDrdrag noundressdresse
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to fall in love withfamilyfantastic
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a fruitfunfurniture() Vocabularyf
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(for) heaven’s sake heavy Hebre
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invalidto inviteironto ironironingI
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(at) leastto leave (= quit)to leave
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to meanmeaningmeanwhilemeatmeatymed
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parentspark nounto park intrans.par
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prayer-bookprayer-shawlto preferpre
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sourSouthsouthernsparklingto speaks
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traffic-lighttraytreatmenttreetribe
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