Ch. 21: Infinitive Absolute

Question 1

What is the Qal Infinitive Absolute Strong Verb?

Answer 1

קָטוֹל
קָטֹל
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Question 2

What is a form that the Qal Infinitive Absolute Strong verb look like? (קָטֹל / קָטוֹל)

Answer 2

Qal Imperative 2ms or the Infinitive Construct which are both: (קְטֹל)
The Qamets distinguishes the Absolute from the other forms

Question 3

Does the Infinitive Absolute appear with prepositions and suffixes?

Answer 3

No

Question 4

What are the changes that are seen with the Infinitive Absolute in the weak verbs?
3-ח/ע

Answer 4

will add a furitive pathach

Question 5

What are the changes that are seen with the Infinitive Absolute in the weak verbs?
3-ה

Answer 5

Holem Hey / Holem Waw
עָשֹׁה
עָשׁוֹ

Question 6

What are the changes that are seen with the Infinitive Absolute in the weak verbs?
Bicon.

Answer 6

Holem Waw medial letter will be present in every form, whether the normal medial letter is Holem Waw, Shureq, or Hireq Yod (though it may be defective on occasion)

Question 7

What are the four most common uses for the Infinitive Absolute?

Answer 7

1. Emphatic
2. Imperatival
3. Simultaneous
4. Complementary

Question 8

How is the Emphatic use of the Infinitive used? What is the syntactical clues? How should it be translated?

Answer 8

1. Infinitive Absolute of the same root will immediately precede (almost always) a perfect/imperfect
2. Highlights the certainty of the action
3. indeed, surely, certainly (or something to that effect)

Question 9

How is the Imperatival use of the Infinitive used? What is the syntactical clues? How should it be translated?

Answer 9

1. Stands by itself

2. Functions as an imperative

Question 10

How is the simultaneous use of the Infinitive used? What is the syntactical clues? How should it be translated?

Answer 10

1. two infinitive absolutes used with a perfect/imperfect
2. expresses two simultaneous verbal actions
3. -ing

Question 11

How is the Complementary use of the Infinitive used? What is the syntactical clues? How should it be translated?

Answer 11

1. carries the temporal value of a main verb

2. translate like a perfect or imperfect

Question 12

Note: Alternatively the particles (יֵשׁ) (אַ֫יִן) may expresses what?

Answer 12

1 possession or lack thereof

2. existence of something or someone or lack thereof

Question 13

Dos the particle (אַ֫יִן) appear with pronominal suffixes and what is its form when it does? And what suffixes?

Answer 13

1. (אֵי)
2. 3ms/1cp (אֵינֶ֫נּוּ)
3. 3mp (אֵינַם)