10.8 Lesson 10 Conclusion

  • Remember the rules for what makes a noun definite. This will help you determine whether the entire construct chain is definite or indefinite (for it can only be entirely definite or entirely indefinite)
    • “THE son of the queen” OR “A son of a queen”
  • All words, except for the last, are in the “construct state”
    • No article or pronominal suffix
    • Long vowels are limited
      • (“Unaccented Long vowel that is not a vowel letter = Absolute” - Dr. Beckman)
    • No diphthong
    • Review ending changes chart
      • Tsere+yod is a very common ending for a masculine plural construct noun
    • A reduced vowel in the penult is usually construct - נְבִיא
    • Noun with Maqqef is construct - בֶּן־

There are four extremely common constructs in the Bible, so we must be able to recognize them. These will be reviewed in Anki.

  • כָּל־ = all of
  • אֲבִי־ = father of
  • אֲחִי־ = brother of
  • אֵ֫שֶׁת־ = wife of