Ch. 15: Qal Imperfect (paradigm hints)

Question 1

What is the lexical form of the Qal Imperfect 3ms

Answer 1

יִקְטֹל (he will kill)

Question 2

What forms have a preformative תּ?

Answer 2

Singluar and plurar: 3f, 2m, 2f

Question 3

What forms have a preformative יִ?

Answer 3

3ms, 3mp

Question 4

what is the preformative for 1cs?

Answer 4

אֶ

Question 5

What is the preformative for 1cp?

Answer 5

נִ

Question 6

What forms have a sufformative וּ?

Answer 6

3mp, 2mp

Question 7

What forms have a sufformative נָה?

Answer 7

3fp, 2fp

Question 8

What form has a sufformative Hireq Yod?

Answer 8

2fs

Question 9

What are the two forms that are identical?

Answer 9

3fs is identical with 2ms

3fp is identical with 2fp

Question 10

What forms have an accent on the middle consonant?

Answer 10

3fp, 2fp (accent over the stem vowel if CV)

Question 11

What forms have an accent on the middle consonant?

Answer 11

3fp, 2fp (accent over the stem vowel if CV, same as the perfect)

Question 12

Determining the stem vowel: the suffix is only a vowel letter

Answer 12

Then the stem vowel will be a Shewa

Question 13

Determining the stem vowel: the suffix is not only a vowel letter (or no suffix)

Answer 13

Then the stem vowel will be a holem

Question 14

What does the imperfect do differently than the perfect in the 3rd person plural?

Answer 14

The imperfect has both genders in 3rd pl

Question 15

In the Qal strong verb, all preformative consonants have what vowel? (what is the exception)?

Answer 15

1. Hireq (plus consonant תּ י נ)

2. 1cs (אֶ)

Question 16

What are the diagnostics of the Qal Imperfect?

Answer 16

יִבבֹב (the Hireq, and Holem as stem vowel)

Question 17

An initial begadkephat letter will usually have what?

Answer 17

A Lene (and hence that is why the preformative does in this paradigm)

Question 18

What can happen with the 3mp and 2mp (about 320 times)?

Answer 18

1. Can be written with a final Nun
2. It may also cause the Shureq to be spelled defectively (turning to a Qibbuts)
   תִּקְטְלוּן
   תִּקְטְלֻן

Question 19

What happens to the initial Qamets in the Lexical form in the Qal imperfect?

Answer 19

It becomes a SS in every case

Question 20

What forms get a SS on the very last consonant, before the sufformative?

Answer 20

3fp, 2fp (because the consonant closes out the syllable before the sufformative)
תּקְטֹ֫לְנָה