Title: Hebrew Grammar Quest / 3. Lessons 12-23 / Lesson 20 / Lesson 20 B. Grammar
Tags: Grammar hebrew::ch_20 hebrew::ch_16 hebrew::ch_18

Prompt: In which three Qal verb forms do biconsonantal verbs show their lexical vowel?
Answer: • Qal Imperfect
• Qal Imperative
• Qal Infinitive Construct

Prompt: What is the parsing code for the infinitive construct?
Answer: ∞

Prompt: What information does one give when parsing ∞?
Answer: • Root, Stem, and Conjugation. (קטל Q∞)
• No gender, number, or person.

Prompt: How is the Q∞ spelled for most verbs?
Answer: קְטֹל
“uh-oh” is the sound a Q∞ (or QM2ms) strong verb makes.

Prompt: What is the 3ה ending in the Q∞?
Answer: בְנוֹת (end in וֹת)
Remember, in this circumstance it is the 3ה ending, not the FP ending.

Prompt: How are most 1י and 1נ verbs spelled in the Q∞?
Answer: Most drop 1Yod/Nun, add Tav, and have the same vowels as a segholate noun.
- E.g., שֶׁ֫בֶת → ישׁב
- E.g., דַ֫עַת → ידע
- A few verbs are normal.

Prompt: How are biconsonantal verbs spelled in the Q∞?
Answer: Same as the lexical form.

Prompt: Which pronominal suffixes are added to the ∞?
Answer: Type 1

Prompt: How does the spelling of the Q∞ change when a pronominal suffix is added?
Answer: V1/V2 become Qamets Hatuf + Silent Shewa
o E.g., קָטְל֫וֹ

Prompt: What can be prefixed to an ∞?
Answer: הֲ ,ב , כ, ל, מִן, ו (interrogative)

Prompt: When can the article be prefixed to an ∞?
Answer: Almost Never [happens 2x in the whole Bible]

Prompt: What is the major ambiguity when parsing Q∞ and why is this not a problem?
Answer: Q∞ is spelled the same as QM2ms for most verbs (even with a pronominal suffix).
Context is usually obvious when someone is being given a command versus a non-finite verb use.

Prompt: How is an ∞ without a prefixed preposition usually translated?
Answer: Try ‘to X’ [Verbal noun]
o E.g., “to obey is better than sacrifice.”

Prompt: How is an ∞ with prefixed  לְ usually translated?
Answer: • Try ‘to X’
   o ‘in order to run’ (Purpose or result)
   o ‘about to set’ (Imminent action)
   o ‘it is good to praise YHWH’ (Verbal noun)
• Try ‘by Xing’
   o ‘obey by walking in his ways’ (Adverbial

Prompt: How is an ∞ with prefixed  כְּ usually translated?
Answer: • Try ‘when/while/whenever Y does X’ (Temporal)
   o E.g., ‘when you sit’ or ‘when you sat’
   o The subject is a pronominal suffix on the ∞ or follows the ∞

Prompt: How is an ∞ with prefixed  בְּ usually translated?
Answer: • Try ‘when/while/whenever Y does X’ (Temporal)
   o E.g., ‘when you sit’ or ‘when you sat’
   o The subject is a pronominal suffix on the ∞ or follows the ∞

Prompt: What determines the tense (time) of an ∞ with כ/ב?
Answer: Context
Look for וַיְהִ֫י which indicates past time; וְהָיָ֫ה indicates future time

Prompt: What is the different about the function of a pronominal suffix on an ∞ compared to other conjugations?
Answer: It can be the SUBJECT or OBJECT  of the verb
• Subject of the verbal action of the ∞:
   o E.g., "your eating"
• Object of the verbal action of the ∞:
   o E.g., "to serve it"

Prompt: How is an ∞ negated?
Answer: • With בִּלְתִּ֫י or לְבִלְתִּ֫י
• [NOT with לֹא or אַל]

Word: תֵּת
Definition: נתנ Q∞