Ch 6/7 - Prepositions/Adjectives

Question 1

What are the 3 type of prepositions?

Answer 1

Independent (stand alone), maqqef (raised horizontal stroke), and inseparable (prefixed directly to object)

Question 2

5 most common independent prepositions:

Answer 2

עִם - with
לִפְנֵי - before
after - אַחֲֵרי
between - בֵּין
לְמַ֫עַן - on account of

Question 3

5 most common maqqef prepositions:

Answer 3

עַל־ - on, upon
to, towards - אֶל־
עַד־ - until
with - אֶת־
מִן־ - from

Question 4

The only 3 inseparable prepositions:

Answer 4

לְ - to, toward
in, at, with - בְּ
כְּ - like, as

Question 5

What are the 3 uses of the adjectives?

Answer 5

Attributive use, predicative use, substantive use

Question 6

What is the attributive use of the adjective?

Answer 6

An adjective that directly modifies a noun; attributive adjective comes after the noun they are modifying; agrees in gender, number, and definiteness. Ex. “good student.”

Question 7

What is the predicative use of the adjective?

Answer 7

An adjective that does not directly modify a noun but rather asserts something about it; the adjective may either precede or follow the noun; matches the noun in gender and number but not definiteness. Ex. “the student is good.”

Question 8

What is the substantive use of the adjective?

Answer 8

An adjective that has no noun to modify. Ex. the Hebrew adjective meaning “wise” by itself means “a wise one.”