Ch. 35

Question 1

יָדָה

Answer 1

Hiphil to acknowledge, give thanks, praise

Hithpael to confess
In the Hithpael, the first root letter appears as the consonant ו: הִתְוַדָּה.

Question 2

יָהַב

Answer 2

Qal to give

This verb appears primarily in the imperative (e.g., הַב or הָ֫בָה, הָבִי, הָבוּ) and may be translated as an interjection: “come, give, let’s.”

Question 3

יָטַב

Answer 3

Qal to be good, well, pleasing, impf. יִיטַב

Question 4

יָסַף

Answer 4

Qal to add

Hiphil to add

The name Joseph is explained in the Bible with this verb: יוֹסֵף (may he add [another son]).

Question 5

יָרָה

Answer 5

Qal to throw, cast

Hiphil to throw, point, direct, teach

The noun תּוֹרָה (teaching, instruction, Torah) is related to the Hiphil form of this verb.

Question 6

יָרַשׁ

Answer 6

Qal to inherit, take possession, dispossess, impf. יִירַשׁ, impv. רֵשׁ or רַשׁ or יְרַשׁ

Question 7

יָשַׁן or יָשֵׁן

Answer 7

Qal to sleep, impf. יִישַׁן, inf. cons. לִישֹׁן

Question 8

יָשַׁע

Answer 8

Niphal to be saved

Hiphil to save, deliver

Question 9

יָתַר

Answer 9

Niphal to be left over, remain over

Hiphil to leave, let remain

Question 10

דֹּר or דּוֹר

Answer 10

generation, age, period

Question 11

יָמִין

Answer 11

right-hand

Question 12

לְבַד

Answer 12

adv. alone

Question 13

קָרוֹב

Answer 13

adj. near

Question 14

רָחוֹק

Answer 14

adj. far, distant, noun distance