Ch. 13: Qal Perfect, Strong

Question 1

Describe the Qal stem

Answer 1

1. typically active (though some can be passive)
2. simple action or unnuanced type of action
3. can be transitive, intransitive, or stative

Question 2

What kind of verbal aspect does the perfect conjugation portray? What does it portray as to time?

Answer 2

1. perfective aspect: A completed action or state of being

2. Does not portray a specific time. Can be past, present, or future.

Question 3

13.3 How translate the perfect conjugation?

Answer 3

1. English past tense (He studied)
2. English present perfect (He has studied)
3. English past perfect (He had studied)
4. English future perfect (He will have studied)

Question 4

13.3 How translate the perfect conjugation as a stative?

Answer 4

1. English present tense (He is wise)

2. English past tense (He was wise)

Question 5

13.3 How translate the perfect conjugation with verbs of perception or attitude?

Answer 5

English present tense (He knows, he loves)

Question 6

What does the Qal Perfect want its vowels to be?

Answer 6

בָבַבְ

Question 7

How are stative verbs classified?

Answer 7

By there stem vowel

Question 8

What are stem vowels

Answer 8

The vowel associated with the second root consonant

Question 9

What are the three different stative verbs?

Answer 9

Pathach-Stative
Tsere-Stative
Holem-Stative

Question 10

What is the paradigm for the Tsere-Stative verbs?

Answer 10

It is the same as the Qal Perfect, but with a Tsere in the 3ms stem vowel

Question 11

What is the paradigm for the Holem-Stative verbs?

Answer 11

1. The stem vowel is Holem all the way except for
2. 2mp and 2fp where it is a Qamets Hatuf and
3. 3fs and 3cp where it is a vocal Shewa

Question 12

What are stative verbs derived from?

Answer 12

their corresponding adjectives

Question 13

How to tell the stative verb apart from their corresponding adjective?

Answer 13

1. the verbs will be inflected as verbs (sufformatives) and the adjective as adjectives (masculine and feminine endings)
2. The verb’s 3ms and the adjectives masculine singular will be the only identical form; context will decide

Question 14

What are the other two possible forms for the particle הִנֵּה?

Answer 14

הֵן

הֶן־

Question 15

How is the particle הִנֵּה used?

Answer 15

1. it can stand alone

2. it can take type 1 pronominal suffixes

Question 16

What is the base stem for the particle הִנֵּה?

Answer 16

הִנּ

Question 17

What are the three special uses of the particle הִנֵּה?

Answer 17

1. demonstrative interjection: stress the importance of something
2. predictor of existence: indicates the presence of someone or something with an emphasis on immediacy and urgency
3. Used to introduce a fact or situation on which a subsequent statement is based