Ch. 15: Vocab

Question 1

חָיָה

Answer 1

to live, be alive, revive, restore to life

= living, alive; חַייִם = life, lifetime [Don’t confuse with הָיָה ‘to be’] [1G, 3 [ה

Question 2

יָכֹל

Answer 2

to be able, be capable of, endure, prevail

yākōl [Ya, coal] is able to endure [1Yod, holem stative]

Question 3

כָּרַת

Answer 3

to make a covenant (with בְּרִית), cut, cut off, cut down
cut the rat in half [In a covenant-making ceremony, animals were cut apart]
[ [ר 2

Question 4

סוּר

Answer 4

to turn aside, turn off, leave (ֹoff), desist
Turn aside and leave the sûr [sewer].
[Don’t confuse with שור to wrestle] [biconsonantal]

Question 5

עָבַד

Answer 5

to work, serve, toil

עֶ֫בֶד = servant [Don’t confuse with אָבַד to perish] [1G]

Question 6

עָנָה

Answer 6

to answer, respond, reply, testify
Answer me, ʿānâ! [Anna]
[Don’t confuse with אָנָה to lament] [1G, 3 [ה
[This is a homonym of עָנָה ‘(D) to afflict, oppress, humiliate, violate’ in chapter 27]

Question 7

אֹ֫זֶן

Answer 7

ear
(feminine)
your ears are (fr)ʾōzen

Question 8

אַ֫יִל (n + adj)

Answer 8

ram, ruler; (adj.) mighty

a ram going down the ʾayil [aisle]

Question 9

גִּבּוֹר (adj + n)

Answer 9

(adj.) mighty, valiant, heroic
(n) hero
The mighty Zsa Zsa gibbôr

Question 10

זֶ֫בַח

Answer 10

sacrifice

מִזְבֵּ֫חַ = altar

Question 11

צְדָקָה

Answer 11

righteousness, righteous act, justice

צַדִּיק = righteous, just

Question 12

צָפוֹן

Answer 12

north, northern
(feminine)
ṣāpô̄n [phone] north

Question 13

אָז

Answer 13

then, since, before
OZ was before my time, since it is old
[Distinguish from with עַז strong, עֹז strength, and עֵז goat]

Question 14

אַף

Answer 14

also, indeed, even
AF is often, also, indeed, and even as well as nose or anger
[Its homograph אַף in chapter 9 means nose, nostril, anger]

Question 15

פֶּן־

Answer 15

lest, otherwise

Use a pen, otherwise it will be erased.

Question 16

חַיִּים

Answer 16

life, lifetime