27: Clauses: Temporal and Interrogative Flashcards
1
Q
What are the three common ways of expressing temporal clauses?
A
- Preposition + Infinitive Construct
- Preposition or Particle + Perfect or Imperfect
- Time Words
2
Q
What are the three characteristics of preposition + infinitive construct?
A
- 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.
3
Q
What are some indicators at the beginning of temporal clauses?
A
- וַיְהִי (wci of הָיָה) for past time and
- וְהָיָה (wcp of הָיָה) for future time
- They are not translated
4
Q
(Examples of Characteristic #1)
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5
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(Examples of Characteristic #2)
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6
Q
(Examples of Characteristic #3)
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7
Q
Examples of Preposition or Particle + Perfect or Imperfect
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8
Q
Examples of Time Words
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9
Q
What are the two ways of asking questions in Hebrew?
A
- Interrogative Pronouns
- Questions are introduced with an interrogative pronoun
- Interrogative particle הֲ
- not independent, but prefixed to another word.
10
Q
How is the interrogative particle הֲ distinguished from the definite article?
A
- the definite article never has chatef-patach as the vowel
- the interrogative particle does not have strong dagesh as an element.
11
Q
Examples of Interrogative Pronouns?
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12
Q
Examples of Interrogative Particle הֲ
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13
Q
אָרוֹן
A
ark
14
Q
צָדִּיק
A
righteous
15
Q
צֶדֶק / צְדָקָה
A
righteousness
