Unit 27

Question 1

אָשֵׁם

Answer 1

Guilty

Question 2

מ - ל - ט

Answer 2

To flee

Question 3

כ - ת - ב

Answer 3

To write

Question 4

שׁ - ו - ב

Answer 4

To return

Question 5

שׂ - ר - ף

Answer 5

To burn

Question 6

שׁ - מ -ד

Answer 6

To be destroyed

Question 7

שׁ - ב - ר

Answer 7

To break

Question 8

How does the nifal differ from the qal?

Answer 8

It has just one participle, which takes a passive meaning rather than a separate active and passive participle; different pointing; the nifal forms begin with a characteristic נ prefix

Question 9

How can you tell if the נ prefix of the nifal has assimilated into a yiqtol verb’s first radical?

Answer 9

The first radical is pointed with a strong dagesh

Question 10

Which nifal qatal suffixes cause pretonic reduction?

Answer 10

3fs and 3cp

Question 11

What is the characteristic vowel pattern of the nifal yiqtol?

Answer 11

Hireq, qamatz, sere

Question 12

Does the nifal have a jussive form?

Answer 12

No, the yiqtol is used to indicate third-person commands

Question 13

What happens to the נ in the nifal cohortative and imperative?

Answer 13

It assimilates into the first radical just like it does in the yiqtol

Question 14

What prefix is added to the nifal imperative?

Answer 14

ה

Question 15

What is the nifal infinitive construct identical to?

Answer 15

The ms nifal imperative

Question 16

What are the prefixes of the two nifal infinitive absolute?

Answer 16

נ or ה and assimilated נ

Question 17

What does the ms nifal participle look like?

Answer 17

Like the 3ms qatal with a qamatz in the second syllable instead of patah

Question 18

What happens to the nifal participle when vocalic suffixes are added?

Answer 18

Nothing; unlike the qal active participle, the nifal participle doesn’t undergo pretonic reduction when suffixes are added

Question 19

How do you translate the nifal participle?

Answer 19

“Being ____ed”

Question 20

What are the possible meaning of the nifal?

Answer 20

• Typically passive (“she was killed”)
• Reflexive (an action the subject does to themselves i.e. “she guarded herself”)
• Reciprocal (an action that multiple subjects do to each other i.e. “they spoke with each other”)
• Middle (translated with an active verb despite the fact that its subject is an inanimate object i.e. “the waters split”)
• Resultative (the state resulting from an action; -ible or -able in English, i.e. “it was acceptable”)
• Active

Question 21

צִדְקִיָּה

Answer 21

Zedekiah

Question 22

יְהוּדָה

Answer 22

Judah

Question 23

תְּפִילָּה

Answer 23

Prayer

Question 24

כִּי אִם

Answer 24

On the contrary, really

Question 25

מְלָאכָה

Answer 25

Work

Question 26

חֲמוֹר

Answer 26

Male donkey

Question 27

ע - שׂ - ר

Answer 27

To tithe

Question 28

זֶרַע

Answer 28

Seed

Question 29

אוֹפֶה

Answer 29

Baker

Question 30

טַבָּח

Answer 30

Cook

Question 31

רַקָּח

Answer 31

Perfumer

Question 32

ר - ו - ץ

Answer 32

To run

Question 33

מִשְׁפָּט

Answer 33

Manner, type, judgement

Question 34

אַךְ כִּי

Answer 34

Only, but