Chapter 4 - Gender, Number, Article And Conjunction Flashcards
and in front of a word begining with a Yod with a Shewa on it.
the Wav becomes an i, conjoining with the yod, making a Hireq Yod. So, it’s pronounced ee and the y isn’t pronounced.
And in front of elohim or Adonai or YHWH
Essentially, it’s pronounced as a londer vowel on the front.
Elohim becomes Eylohim
Adonai becomes a-donai
Pronounce “And” when added to a B, M, or P or any consonant with shewa
Waw/vav pronounced as a long U
Usual rule for adding the Definate article?
add a heh and double the constant

Definite article on words starting with H-consonants?
Vowel remains as a patach, but the double is ‘honorary’ so not recorded.

Guttural Definite Article?
Heh with a qamets (lengthen the a sound)

How say, what mean (include gender and number)

Horse
How say, what mean (include gender and number)

mares
How say, what mean (include gender and number)

Mare
How say, what mean (include gender and number)

Horses
How say, what mean (include gender and number)

Two Horses
How say, what mean (include gender and number)

Two mares
how vocalise WAW / “and” at start of word with composite shewa?
Pronounce according to the vocal shewa
Some gutturals with qamats (infrequently used)
Heh, vocalised with a segol, He.

Standard form of ‘And’
Waw / Vav at start of word.
Vocab: Translate, and add the Definite article
טוּּב
good (man).
hat-tov (ה,patach,dagesh forte)
הַטּוֹב
Vocab: Translate, and add the Definite article
חשֶׁךְ
darkness. Ha-cho-shek (ה,patach,no double) הַחֹשֶׁךְ
Vocab: Translate, and add the Definite article
מֶלֶךְ
King. Ham-me-lek (standard ה, patach, dagesh forte)
Vocab: Translate, and add the Definite article
שָׂדֶה
Field.
Has-sa-deh (ה,patach,dagesh forte)
חַשָּׂדֶה
Vocab: Translate, and add the Definite article
אְַנָשִׁים
men/people. haa-e-naa-shiim. (ה,qamats)
הָאְַנָשִׁים
Vocab: Translate, and add the Definite article
רֹאשׁ
Head. Haa-rosh (ה,qamats)
Vocab: Translate, and add the Definite article
עֵשֶׂב
Grass (glisten,verdent). Haa-e-sev (ה,qamats) הָעֵשֶׂב
Vocab: Translate, and add the Definite article
שָׁלוֹם
Peace. Hash-sha-lom (ה,patach,dagesh forte)
חַשָּׁלוֹם
Vocab: Translate, and add the Definite article
מָשִׁיחַ
The Messiah. Standard defininate article rules: (Ham-me-shii-ah)
Vocab: Translate, and add the Definite article
הֵיכָל
Temple.
add a heh, patach, no dagesh forte.
הַהֵיכָל
(Hey-caal)
Vocab: Translate, and add the Definite article
קוֹל
Voice
add a heh, patach, no dagesh forte.
הַקּוֹל
(Hek-Kol)
Vocab: Translate, and add the Definite article
צֹאן
Flock
הַצֹּאן
(Hek-Kol)
Vocab: Translate, and add the Definite article
מִדְבָּר
Wilderness
הַמִּדְבָּר
What Gender, and what number?

Masculine, Singular
What Gender, What Number?

Masculine, Dual.
[a-yim]
What Gender, What Number?

Feminine, Singular.
[aah]
What Gender, What number?

Female, Plural
(oo-th)
What Gender, What number?

Masculine, Plural
[iim]
What Gender, What number?

Feminine, dual
[aa-ha-yim]
when WAW is at the front (to be translated as ‘and’) which letters turn the pronounciation into a U sound
P,M,B (and any letter with a shewa)
Translate to Hebrew
good (man).
טוּּב
Translate to Hebrew
darkness
חֹשֶׁךְ
Translate to Hebrew
King.
מֶלֶךְ
Translate to Hebrew
Field.
שָׂדֶה
Translate to Hebrew
men/people
אְַנָשִׁים
Translate to Hebrew
Head.
רֹאשׁ
Translate to Hebrew
Grass (glisten,verdent)
עֵשֶׂב
Translate to Hebrew
Peace.
שָׁלוֹם
Translate to Hebrew
The Messiah
מָשִׁיחַ