Ch. 4: Vocab + Grammar Flashcards
אֳדֹנָי +
אָדוֹן
Lord; אָדוֹן lord, master
אָח
אַחִים (irregular plural)
brother
אִישׁ
אֲנָשִׁים (irregular plural)
man, husband
אִשָּׁה
נָשִׁים (irregular plural)
woman, wife
בַּת
בָּנוֹת (irregular plural)
daughter
גּוֹי
nation, people
דֶּ֫רֶך͏
way, road, journey; masculine/feminine
הַר
הָרִים (plural)
mountain, hill, hill country
כֹּהֵן
priest
לֵב
לֵבָב (alternate form)
heart, mind, will
מַ֫יִם
water
נֶ֫פֶשׁ
soul, life, person, neck, throat; feminine
נָבִיא
prophet
סֵ֫פֶר
book, scroll, document
עַ֫יִן
עֵינַ֫יִם (dual)
eye, spring; feminine
עִיר
עָרִים (irregular plural)
city, town; feminine
צָבָא
צְבָאוֹת (plural)
host, army, war, service
קוֹל
voice, sound, noise
רֹאשׁ
head, top, chief
תּוֹרָה
law, instruction, teaching, custom
Masculine singular noun ending(s)?
endingless
Masculine plural noun ending(s)?
ים.
Masculine dual noun ending(s)?
(“ayi” diphthong)
Feminine singular noun ending(s)?
Most common is the qamets he, but others include: pathach taw / seghol taw / hireq yod taw / shureq taw
Feminine plural noun ending(s)?
Holem-waw taw
Feminine dual noun ending(s)?
תַ֫יִם+(qamets)
What is propetonic reduction?
Alteration of vowels on nouns with the addition of plural endings by changing the vowel in the first syllable from qamets to shewa.
–> Two syllables; accent on second, qamets or tsere in first; changes first vowel to shewa.
What is segholate pluralization?
Alteration of vowels on two syllable nouns with accent on first syllable and the addition of plural endings by changing vowel pattern to (1) shewa and (2) qamets - always.
–> Two syllables; accent on first; takes shewa - qamets.
What is irregular pluralization?
Alteration of consonental stem with the addition of plural endings - e.g. from אִישׁ to אֲנָשִׁים
