Ch. 7: Vocab + Grammar

Question 1

אֶחָד

Answer 1

one

Question 2

גָּדוֹל

Answer 2

great, big, large

Question 3

דַּל

Answer 3

poor, weak, needy

Question 4

זָקֵן (adj; n)

Answer 4

adj: old
n: elder

Question 5

חָכָם

Answer 5

wise, skillful, experienced

Question 6

טוֹב

Answer 6

good, pleasant

Question 7

יָפֶה

Answer 7

beautiful

Question 8

יָשָׁר

Answer 8

upright, just, level, straight

Question 9

כֵּן

also לָכֵן or עַל־כֵּן

Answer 9

so, thus

לָכֵן or עַל־כֵּן - therefore

Question 10

מְאֹד

Answer 10

very, exceedingly

Question 11

מְעַט

Answer 11

little, few

Question 12

עַתָּה

Answer 12

now, after all, at last, then

Question 13

צַדִּיק

Answer 13

righteous, just, innocent

Question 14

קֹ֫דֶשׁ

Answer 14

holiness, something that is holy

Question 15

קָדוֹשׁ

Answer 15

holy, set apart

Question 16

קָטֹן

Answer 16

small, young, insignificant

Question 17

קָרוֹב

Answer 17

near, close

Question 18

קָשֶׁה

Answer 18

difficult, hard, severe

Question 19

רָחוֹק

Answer 19

distant, remote, far away

Question 20

רַב

Answer 20

great, many

Question 21

רַע

Answer 21

bad, evil, wicked

Question 22

רָשָׁע

Answer 22

wicked, guilty

Question 23

שִׁיר

Answer 23

song

Question 24

What are the three (3) categories of adjectival usage? Identify and describe.

Answer 24

(1) Attributive; (2) Predicative; (3) Substantive

1. Attributive- adjectives follow the noun and agree is gender, number, and definiteness (or indefiniteness)
2. Predicative - adjectives either proceed or follow the noun and agree in gender and number only. they never take the def. article.
3. Substantive - adjectives used independently as nouns. no modified nouns.

Question 25

What is the adjectival directional ending?

Answer 25

Qamets He (e.g. בָּה), which may be added to end of word to express idea of motion toward someone/something. Always unaccented and translated “to” or “toward”.

Question 26

Hebrew adjectives are inflected to indicate gender and number. What are the four (4) inflected forms?

Answer 26

1. Masculine singular
2. Masculine plural
3. Feminine singular
4. Feminine plural

Endings are same as those for nouns.