Unit 7

Question 1

What is the name of the prefix conjugation?

Answer 1

Yiqtol / imperfect

Question 2

Qal yiqtol 3ms

Answer 2

יִקְטֹל

He kills/will kill/would kill

Question 3

Qal yiqtol 3fs

Answer 3

תִּקְטֹל

She kills/will kill/would kill

Question 4

Qal yiqtol 2ms

Answer 4

תִּקְטֹל

You kill/will kill/would kill

Question 5

Qal yiqtol 2fs

Answer 5

תִּקְטְלִי

You kill/will kill/ would kill

Question 6

Qal yiqtol 1cs

Answer 6

אֶקְטֹל

I kill/will kill/would kill

Question 7

Qal yiqtol 3mp

Answer 7

יִקְטְלוּ

They kill/will kill/would kill

Question 8

Qal yiqtol 3fp

Answer 8

תִּקְטֹלנָה (stress on tet)

They kill/will kill/would kill

Question 9

Qal yiqtol 2mp

Answer 9

תִּקְטְלוּ

You kill/will kill/would kill

Question 10

Qal yiqtol 2fp

Answer 10

תִּקְטֹלנָה

You kill/will kill/would kill

Question 11

Qal yiqtol 1cp

Answer 11

נִקְטֹל

We kill/will kill/would kill

Question 12

What should be included if a BGDKFT letter is a root letter?

Answer 12

Weak dagesh

Question 13

What changes if the second or third root is a guttural?

Answer 13

Unsuffixed forms take patah in the second syllable
2fs, 3mp and 2mp take hatef patah instead of vocal shewa

Question 14

There are 5

What are the uses of the yiqtol?

Answer 14

• Planned/predicted/relative future actions
• Habitual actions in past, present or future
• Modal actions in past, present or future (would, should, might etc.)
• Commands and requests
• Action in progress at time of questioning speech