Title: Hebrew Grammar Quest / 3. Lessons 12-23 / Lesson 21 / Lesson 21 B. Grammar
Tags: Grammar hebrew::ch_21 hebrew::ch_14 hebrew::ch_16 hebrew::ch_18 hebrew::ch_20

Q: V2 of 3ה verbs if no sufformative:
• [...] in the [...]
A: בָה; Perfect
Back Extra: The sufformative vowel if the sufformative begins with a vowel
Vowel + Yod if the sufformative begins with a consonant

Prompt: What is the parsing code for the infinitive absolute?
Answer: A

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

Prompt: How is the QA spelled for most verbs?
Answer: קָטוֹל
"Ah-oh"

Prompt: Parse קָטֹל
Answer: QA, with the וֹ written defectively

Prompt: How are biconsonantal verbs spelled in the QA?
Answer: Vs = Holem or Holem-vav: קוֹם שוֹם
Sometimes defective: בֹּא.
In other words, only O class verbs keep their lexical vowel.

Prompt: Which pronominal suffixes are added to the infinitive absolute?
Answer: None. An infinitive absolute never takes a pronominal suffix.

Prompt: What can be prefixed to an infinitive absolute?
Answer: ו conjunction or הֲ interrogative

Prompt: What can go at the end of an infinitive absolute?
Answer: Nothing

Prompt: What weak verb category causes ambiguity when parsing QA?
Answer: Biconsonantal verbs with lexical vowel וֹ (e.g., בּ֫וֹא): QA = Q∞ = QM2ms

Prompt: How is the infinitive absolute used? What does it mean?
Answer: • Emphasis: used with another verb of the same root.
     o E.g., מ֫וֹת תָּמ֫וּת 'you will surely die' ("absolutely")
• Substitute for another verb conjugation.
     o Imperative is most common.
     o E.g., זָכ֫וֹר אֶת־הַיּ֫וֹם הַזֶּ֫ה 'Remember this day!'
• Ongoing, simultaneous action.
     o Describes the preceding verb as ongoing, with something else happening at the same time.
     o E.g., עָל֫וּ עָלֹ֫ה וּבָכֹ֫ה 'they were going up, weeping as they went'

Prompt: What does יֵשׁ mean (two options)?
Answer: • Existence / presence
   o E.g., יֵשׁ יְהוָה פֹּה ‘YHWH is here’
• Possession (with ל)
   o E.g., יֵשׁ לִי בֵּן  ‘I have a son’
• Tense comes from context.

Prompt: What does אֵין mean?
Answer: • Non-existence / absence
   o E.g., אֵין יוֹסֵף בַּבּוֹר ‘Joseph was not in the cistern’
• Non-possession (with ל)
   o E.g., אֵין לִי בֵּן ‘I do not have a son’
• Negate a verbless (or participial) clause
   o E.g., אֵינָם יוֹדְעִים ‘they do not know’
• Tense comes from context.

Prompt: How is יֵשׁ spelled with a maqqef?
Answer: יֶשׁ־

Prompt: In which conjugations do 1Yod and 1Nun verbs lose R1?
How can you distinguish between those options?
Answer: QI, QM, and Q∞
   o QI has imperfect preformative
   o Q∞ adds a ת
   o QM has no preformative and doesn't add ת

Prompt: If a verb has no preformative, no pronominal suffix, and ends in וּ, what are Qal parsing options.
What else do you look for to distinguish?
Answer: • QM2mp or QP3cp
V1 is/was reduced → QM2mp
V1 is וֹ or וּ or  ִי → QM2mp (weak verb exceptions to above)
 Otherwise → QP3cp

Prompt: If a verb has no preformative or sufformative, what are the Qal parsing possibilities?
Answer: • Always: QP3ms, QM2ms, or QA.
• Sometimes: Q∞ when no prefix.

Q: V2 of 3ה verbs if no sufformative:
• [...] in the [...]
A: בֶה; Imperfect
Back Extra: Also 
בֶה in 3ה Participle MS (Lesson 22)

Q: V2 of 3ה verbs if no sufformative:
• [...] in the [...]
A: בֵה; Imperative

Q: V2 of 3ה verbs if no sufformative:
• [...] in the [...]
A: וֹת; Infinitive Construct

Q: V2 of 3ה verbs if no sufformative:
• [...] in the [...]
A: בֹה or וֹ; Infinitive Absolute