Hebrew Week Verb Roots

Question 1

אָהַב

Answer 1

He loved

Ah have great love for my elf.

Question 2

אָסַף

Answer 2

he gathered

Sam gathered all of Aesof’s fables into one book.

Question 3

אָבַד

Answer 3

he perished

Question 4

אָבָה

Answer 4

He was willing

Question 5

אָפָה

Answer 5

He baked

Question 6

יָצָא

Answer 6

he went out

Question 7

קָרָא

Answer 7

He called out

Question 8

נָשָׂא

Answer 8

he lifted

Question 9

מָצָא

Answer 9

he found

You’ll find an elf in your matzah ball soup.

Question 10

יָרֵא

Answer 10

He feared

Mr. Elf, lift up your ray and don’t be afraid.

Question 11

מָלֵא

Answer 11

he filled, he was full

In Malaysia, they fill swiming pools with olive oil.

Question 12

חָטָא

Answer 12

He sinned, offended

_河獭_是动物里最喜欢犯罪的。

Question 13

טָמֵא

Answer 13

He was unclean or impure

Tomato makes my shirt unclean.

Question 14

שָׂנֵא

Answer 14

He hated, he was an enemy

An elf hates to “just say nay” to sin if he is an enemy of God.

Question 15

קָרָא

Answer 15

He (it) happened, he met, he encountered, it befell

Qara called all of us to come see what had happened.

Question 16

נָבָא

Answer 16

He prophesied (only nif and hitpael)

Question 17

הָיָה

Answer 17

He was, he became

Question 18

עָשָׁה

Answer 18

He did, he made

Question 19

רָאָה

Answer 19

he saw

Question 20

עָלָה

Answer 20

He went up

Question 21

נָכָה

Answer 21

He hit, he struck, he wounded (usually hifil)

Question 22

צָוָה

Answer 22

He commanded (only piel)

Whatsoevah I command you, you must vow to do happily.

Question 23

בָּנָה

Answer 23

He built

Build a banana boat with straw, not hay.

Question 24

עָנָה

Answer 24

He answered, he testified; He humbled, he afflicted

Anna was humbled by Ian’s hasty answer to her proposal.

Question 25

חָיָה

Answer 25

He lived, he was alive

Question 26

רָבָה

Answer 26

He was great, he was numerous

The handsome admirers of the ravishing beauty are numerous.

Question 27

שָׁתָה

Answer 27

He drank

If you shuttah your mouth, you can’t **drink **

Question 28

נָטָה

Answer 28

He reached out, he extended

Because of the great knot o’ snakes around the treasure, I couldn’t reach out my hand to tetch it.

Question 29

כָּלָה

Answer 29

He ceased, he finished

I finished my water calah(color) painting of a hay field.

Question 30

גָּלָה

Answer 30

He uncovered, he revealed, he went away into exile

At the gala evening, Nebuchadnezzar revealed that Judah would be taken into exile hastily.

Question 31

חָוָה

Answer 31

He bowed down, he did obeisance, he worshiped (only hishtafel)

Chet, this is the only hishtafel verb in the Hebrew Bible. You vow that you’d rather dispute that fact than bow down to it? Have at it!

Question 32

רָעָה

Answer 32

He grazed, he shepherded

Question 33

כָּסָה

Answer 33

He covered, he concealed

In case o’ danger, Sam, cover the children with hay to conceal them.

Question 34

חָנָה

Answer 34

He encamped

Question 35

פָּנָה

Answer 35

He turned

Question 36

בָּכָה

Answer 36

He wept

Question 37

יָדָה

Answer 37

He shot, he threw (qal, piel)
He praised, he gave thanks, he confessed (hif)

When you praise and give thanks to God, you should say more than just “yada yada, and thanks for the hay.”