Title: Hebrew Grammar Quest / 2. Lessons 4-11 / Lesson 10 / Lesson 10 C. Workbook
Tags: Workbook hebrew::ch_10

Q: Translate:
כָּל־דִּבְרֵי יְהוָה
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A: All the words of Adonai
Reference: Ex 24:3
Back Extra: The entire construct chain is definite if the absolute noun is definite.  Since proper names are always definite, we traslate "all THE words..."
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Q: Translate:
סֵפֶר הַבְּרִית
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A: The scroll of the covenant
Reference: Ex 24:7
Back Extra: Many words do not change spelling between construct and absolute states.  סֵפֶר is an example of this.
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Q: Translate:
כְּבוֹד־יְהוָה
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A: the glory of Adonai
Reference: Ex 24:16
Back Extra: The entire chain is definite if the absolute noun is definite.
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Q: Translate:
אַחֲרֵי מוֹת מֹשֶׁה עֶבֶד יְהוָה
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A: after the death of Moses, the servant of Adonai
Reference: Josh 1:1
Back Extra: If the absolute noun is definite, the entire chain is definite.
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Q: Translate:
מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם מִבֵּית עֲבָדִים
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A: From the land of Egypt, from a house of slaves/slavery/bondage
Reference: Josh 24:17
Back Extra: מִצְרַיִם is a proper noun and proper nouns are always definite.  So the first chain is, "from (or out of) THE land of Egypt."
By contrast, עֲבָדִים is indefinite, so the second chain is, "from A house of slaves or slavery."
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Q: Translate:
 רֶכֶב־אֵשׁ וְסוּסֵי אֵשׁ
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A: a chariot of fire and horses of fire
Reference: 2 Kings 2:11
Back Extra: If the final noun in a chain is indefinite, the entire chain is indefinite
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Q: Translate:
 הַר בֵּית־יְהוָה
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A: the mountain of the house of Adonai
Reference: Isa 2:2
Back Extra: In theory, a construct chain could have an unlimited number of construct words, but in reality, most construct chains are two or three words.
Adonai is classified as definite, so we have "THE mountain of THE house of Adonai"
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Q: Translate:
בִּשְׁנַת־מוֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ
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A: in the year of the death of the king
Reference: Isaiah 6:1
Back Extra: הַמֶּלֶךְ is definite, so the entire chain is definite
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Q: Translate:
וְאֵין־דַּעַת אֱלֹהִים בָּאָרֶץ
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A: and there was no knowledge of God in the land -or- without the knowledge of God in the land
Reference: Hos 4:1
Back Extra: While knowledge is definite in this chain, our translations still need to make sense in English.  Both translation examples mean the same but in the first example, trying to force "the knowledge" would be awkward.
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Q: Translate:
תּוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה
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A: the teaching/law of Moses
Reference: Mal 3:22
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