27: Clauses: Temporal and Interrogative Flashcards
What are the three common ways of expressing temporal clauses?
- Preposition + Infinitive Construct
- Preposition or Particle + Perfect or Imperfect
- Time Words
What are the three characteristics of preposition + infinitive construct?
- The inf const preceded by prepositions בְּ or כְּ and used as a temporal clause.
- The time of such clauses is indicated by context.
- The main clause is usually introduced by a wci for past time or a wcp for future time.
What are some indicators at the beginning of temporal clauses?
- וַיְהִי (wci of הָיָה) for past time and
- וְהָיָה (wcp of הָיָה) for future time
- They are not translated
(Examples of Characteristic #1)
(Examples of Characteristic #2)
(Examples of Characteristic #3)
Examples of Preposition or Particle + Perfect or Imperfect
Examples of Time Words
What are the two ways of asking questions in Hebrew?
- Interrogative Pronouns
- Questions are introduced with an interrogative pronoun
- Interrogative particle הֲ
- not independent, but prefixed to another word.
How is the interrogative particle הֲ distinguished from the definite article?
- the definite article never has chatef-patach as the vowel
- the interrogative particle does not have strong dagesh as an element.
Examples of Interrogative Pronouns?
Examples of Interrogative Particle הֲ
אָרוֹן
ark
צָדִּיק
righteous
צֶדֶק / צְדָקָה
righteousness
בָּקַשׁ (lex. form)
בִּקֵשׁ
Piel: he sought
בָּרַךְ (Qal)
בֵּרֵךְ (Piel)
Qal: he was blessed
Piel: he blessed
דָּבַר (lex. form)
דִּבֵּר
Piel: he spoke
הָלַל (lex. form)
הִלֵּל
Piel: he praised
כָּפַר (lex. form)
כִּפֵּר
Piel: he atoned
צָוָה (lex. form)
צִוָּה
Piel: he commanded
קָדַשׁ (Qal)
קִדֵּשׁ (Piel)
Qal: he was holy
Piel: sanctified, he made to be holy
