qal pefect

Question 1

3ms (he / it)

He slaughtered

Answer 1

קָטַל katal

הוא

Question 2

3fs (she / it)

Answer 2

קָטְלָה (ka-T-lah)

Note the female ending for nouns (kamets he)

Question 3

2ms (you)

Answer 3

קָטַלְתָּ

ka-Tal-ta

אַתָּה (note the ending from attah - you ms)

Question 4

2fs (you)

Answer 4

קָטַלְתְּ (ka-Talt)

אַתְּ (att - you fs)

Question 5

1cs (I)

Answer 5

קָטַלְתִּי (ka-Tal-ti)

אָנֹכִ‍י / אֲנִ‍י (note the hireq yod ending for I)

Question 6

3cp (they)

Answer 6

קָטְלוּ - ka-Teh-lu

Luuk at them

Question 7

2mp (ya’ll)

Answer 7

קְטַלְתֶּם (keh-tal-Tem)

אַתֶּם (attem)

Question 8

2fp (ya’ll)

Answer 8

קְטַלְתֶּן (keh-tal-Ten)

אַתֵּנָ‍ה / אַתֵּן (ateyn / ateynah) - note the nun

Question 9

1cp (we)

Answer 9

קָטַלְנוּ - ka-Tal-nu

אֲנַחְנוּ (anakhnu)

(accent next to last syllable)

Question 10

theme vowel

Answer 10

There are two types of perfect verbs in the Qal: “action” and “stative.” Whether a given verb is action or stative will often be indicated by the vowel under the second consonant, called the “theme vowel.” The theme vowel of action verbs is patach ( ַ ). The theme vowel of stative verbs is most often tsere ( ֵ ), but sometimes cholem ( ֹ ). Tsere ( ֵ ) as a theme vowel will usually occur only in the 3ms form; in the other forms patach ( ַ ) will occur; for example: כָּבֵד, but כָּבַדְנוּ.

Mark David Futato, Beginning Biblical Hebrew (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2003), 32.