Title: Hebrew Grammar Quest / 2. Lessons 4-11 / Lesson 10 / Lesson 10 D. Study Verses
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Q: וּדְבַר־יְהוָה הָיָה יָקָר בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם
[...] [...]
A: And the word from the LORD; was rare in those days. . .
Reference: 1 Samuel 3:1 שמואל א
Back Extra: The construct noun דְבַר is definite because the head noun is definite.
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Q: וַיּוֹצֵא הָעֶבֶד כְּלֵי־כֶסֶף וּכְלֵי זָהָב
[...] [...]
A: The servant brought out; articles of silver and articles of gold
Reference: Genesis 24:53 בראשית
Hint: וַיּוֹצֵא  - (he) brought out
Back Extra: Masculine plural nouns end in Tsere-Yod in the construct state
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Q: וַיִּתְחַזֵּק שְׁלֹמֹה בֶן־דָּוִיד עַל־מַלְכוּתוֹ
[...]
A: Now Solomon the son of David established himself securely over his kingdom. . .
Reference: 2 Chronicles 1:1 דברי הימים ב
Hint: וַיִּתְחַזֵּק - he established himself firmly/securely - this is a Hitpael, which is reflexive, causative, often with an intensive component, so we add in "firmly" or "securely" even though there is no separate word for this in the Hebrew phrase
Back Extra: Recall that the Absolute noun is definite (which makes the whole chain definite) if it is a proper noun (as in this instance), if it has a definite article, or if it has a pronominal suﬃx
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Q: נָתַן לָהֶם מֹשֶׁה עֶבֶד יְהוָה
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A: Moses the servant of the LORD; gave them
Reference: Joshua 18:7 יהושע
Hint: נָתַן - he gave
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Q: קִרְיַת גּוֹיִם עָרִיצִים יִירָאוּךָ
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A: Cities of ruthless nations will revere You
Reference: Isaiah 25:3 ישעיה
Hint: קִרְיַת - cities (of)
עָרִיצִים - ruthless
 יִירָאוּךָ - they will fear (revere) you
Back Extra: Adjectives must follow the construct chain. We know that "ruthless" is in an attributive relationship with "nations" because they are both masculine, plural, and indefinite
The verb in this sentence is complex. It's a Qal Imperfect 3mp with a 2ms pronominal suffix. Lessons 16 and 19 will discuss these issues.
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Q: לֹא הֶאֱמִינוּ מַלְכֵי־אֶרֶץ
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A: The kings of the earth; did not believe
Reference: Lamentations 4:12 איכה
Hint: הֶאֱמִינוּ - they believed (passive)
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Q: עָזַב אֶת־תּוֹרַת יְהוָה וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל עִמּוֹ
[...]
A: He (Rehoboam) and all Israel with him forsook the law of the LORD.
Reference: 2 Chronicles 12:1 דברי הימים ב
Hint: עָזַב אֶת־תּוֹרַת יְהוָה וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל עִמּוֹ
Back Extra: Feminine singular nouns with the ה ָending (תּוֹרַת) change to ת ַin the construct state
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Q: וְלוֹט יָשַׁב בְּעָרֵי הַכִּכָּר
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A: while Lot settled; in the cities of the valley
Reference: Genesis 13:12 בראשית
Hint: וְלוֹט יָשַׁב בְּעָרֵי הַכִּכָּר
Back Extra: Since "the valley" is definite, we translate the construct "in cities of" as definite = "in THE cities of the valley"
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Q: בְּצֶדֶק כָּל־אִמְרֵי־פִי
[...]
A: All the utterances of my mouth are in righteousness;
Reference: Proverbs 8:8 משלי
Hint: בְּצֶדֶק כָּל־אִמְרֵי־פִי
Back Extra: Definiteness of the chain due to the prnominal suﬃx on the absolute noun
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Q: וְהַמֶּלֶךְ מְדַבֵּר אֶל־גֵּחֲזִי נַעַר אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִים
[...] with Gehazi, [...]
A: Now the king was talking; the servant of the man of God
Reference: 2 Kings 8:4 מלכים ב
Hint: נַעַר in this context means servant
Back Extra: Don't confuse מְדַבֵּר (was talking) with מִדְבַּר (wilderness).  מ is often a prefix that makes a verb a participle, e.g. talking.
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Q: אֲבִי־מִלְכָּה וַאֲבִי יִסְכָּה
[...] Milcah [...] Iscah
A: the father of; and the father of
Reference: Genesis 11:29 בראשית
Back Extra: Certain singular monosyllabic nouns add Hireq-Yod to their stem in the construct state.
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