30: Numbers and "Surprise" Flashcards
Mention the Cardinal numbers
Mention the Ordinal numbers (don’t need to learn them for the class)
What are some characteristics of the cardinal numbers?
- The cardinal number one agrees in gender and follows the noun it modifies
- The cardinal number two agrees in gender but may come before or after the noun it modifies
- The cardinal numbers three through ten may come before or after the noun they modify, but the form that looks feminine is used with a masculine noun and the form that looks masculine is used with a feminine noun
- The cardinal numbers two through ten may also be used in the construct state and are then placed before the noun that they modify
What is one characteristic of the ordinal numbers?
- The ordinal numbers are used just like adjectives
How are the “teens” formed?
The numbers eleven through nineteen are made up of a combination of the “ones” plus a form of “ten.” The form of “ten” with masculine nouns is עָשָׂר, resulting in, for example, שְׁלֹשָׁה עָשָׂר, “thirteen.”
How are the “tens” formed?
How are the “hundreds” formed?
How are the “thousands” formed?
What is another use for the particle הִנֵּה
This particle traditionally translated “behold,” often introduces something “unexpected” or a “surprise.”
What are the different instances in which the particle הִנֵּה occurs as a surprise?
- In reports of dreams
- When the author wants to draw attention to the marvelous.
- An event to take place in the immediate future
- To show existence
- it may have pronoun suffixes attached to it.
חַיִל
strength, virtue
מַטֶּה
staff, tribe
נַחֲלָה
inheritance
שַׂר
leader
שַׁבָּת
sabbath
