Ch. 20: Vocab

Question 1

טָמֵא

Answer 1

to be(come) unclean
ṭāmēʾ [Tammy] is unclean. [3 א]

Question 2

נוּס

Answer 2

to flee, escape

Flee a hangman’s nûs. [biconsonantal]

Question 3

נָגַע

Answer 3

to touch, strike, reach
nāḡaʿ [No gal] has ever touched or reached it.
[ [חע 3

Question 4

סָבַב

Answer 4

to turn, go around, march around, surround
Turn around! sābab [save] yourself!
סָבִיב = around, about, surroundings, circuit

Question 5

סָפַר

Answer 5

to count
It’s sāp̄ar to count it.
סֵ֫פֶר = scroll, book

Question 6

שָׂמַח

Answer 6

to rejoice, be joyful, be glad

Rejoice & kiss (śāmaḥ!) [smack!] [3 [חע

Question 7

שָׁבַר

Answer 7

to break (up), break in pieces, smash, shatter
šābar [Shove ‘er] and she’ll break.

Question 8

יַ֫יִן

Answer 8

wine

עַ֫יִן יַ֫יִן = a spring of wine

Question 9

עֲבֹדָה

also spelled עֲבוֹדָה

Answer 9

work, labor, service, worship
עֶ֫בֶד = servant.
ʿəbōdâ [Avoid ‘a] work.
Also: I avoid worship

Question 10

עֵדָה

Answer 10

congregation, assembly
Pastors ʿēdâ [aid a] congregation.
ʿēdâ(fy) the congregation.

Question 11

בִּלְתִּי

usually appears as לְבִלְתִּי w/ Infinitive Construct

Answer 11

not, except

It’s not biltî [built to] last.

Question 12

קָרָא (Homonym with previous word)

Answer 12

to meet, encounter, happen

Question 13

לִקְרַאת

Answer 13

toward, against, opposite

Question 14

מַעֲשֶׁה

Answer 14

ms
work, deed, act
I have maʿăśê(ve) amounts of work to do.
[Nouns that end in ה are masculine]

Question 15

קֶ֫רֶב

Answer 15

inner part(s), organ(s), body
Take qereb [care of] your organs and body.

Question 16

בְּקֶ֫רֶב

Answer 16

in the middle of, among

Question 17

יַחְדָּו

Answer 17

together, at the same time

Yack da together