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Learn Biblical Hebrew - Lesson 9 - Summary and Worksheet

This document provides a summary of Lesson 9 in learning Biblical Hebrew. The lesson introduces several Hebrew prefixes - "hey" meaning "the", "bet" meaning "in/with", and "vav" meaning "and". Examples are given of adding these prefixes to words to change their meaning. The lesson also covers how prefixes can sometimes cause vowels in the base word to change. Exercises at the end instruct students to translate words and phrases using prefixes and to write other words and phrases in Hebrew.

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Learn Biblical Hebrew - Lesson 9 - Summary and Worksheet

This document provides a summary of Lesson 9 in learning Biblical Hebrew. The lesson introduces several Hebrew prefixes - "hey" meaning "the", "bet" meaning "in/with", and "vav" meaning "and". Examples are given of adding these prefixes to words to change their meaning. The lesson also covers how prefixes can sometimes cause vowels in the base word to change. Exercises at the end instruct students to translate words and phrases using prefixes and to write other words and phrases in Hebrew.

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LEARN BIBLICAL HEBREW

LESSON 9

REVIEW OF LESSON 8:

A sentence must contain a verb (action word) and a


subject (noun performing an action). In a Hebrew
sentence, the verb and subject can appear in any order.

SUMMARY OF LESSON 9:

With an Kaf, Segol, Lamed, Segol, and Bet, we can make a


word, pronounced "kelev," which means dog :
Here is another sentence :

This sentence means "A dog is coming."

Like the word "is," Hebrew also has no word for "a". It must be
added into a sentence in translation where it is necessary in
English.

Hebrew has prefixes, letters that are added to the beginning of


words in order to add a specific meaning to the word.

Of the Hebrew prefixes is a Hey with a Patach :

When this prefix is added to the beginning of a word, it adds


the meaning "the" to the word. Here is an example :

This is pronounced "hakelev," and it means the dog.


When this Hey prefix is put in front of a word that begins with
an Aleph, Ayin, or Resh, then it takes a Qamats vowel instead
of a Patach vowel.

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Here is an example of the Hey prefix being used in a sentence :

This sentence means "The dog is coming."

With a Bet, Patach, Yod, Chiriq, and Tav, we can make a word,
pronounced "bayit", which means house :

Another one of the Hebrew prefixes is a Bet with a Sh'vah :

When this prefix is added to the beginning of a word, it adds


the meaning "in" or "with" to the word. Here is an example :

This is pronounced "b'vayit," and it means in a house.


Here is a sentence that contains the Bet prefix :

This sentence means "Adam is in a house."

Here is another sentence :

This sentence means "The dog is in a house."

With a Dalet, Qamats, Vav, Chiriq, and Dalet, we can make a


word, pronounced "David," which means beloved. This is also
the name David :

Another one of the Hebrew prefixes is a Vav. The Vav prefix


means "and". This prefix can take many different vowels, but it
usually takes a Sh'vah. Here is an example :
Here is a sentence that contains the Vav prefix :

This sentence means "Adam and David are in a house."

Sometimes, when a prefix is added to a word, some of the


vowels inside of the word will change to other vowels. For
example, when the Hey prefix is added to the word Erets, the
first Segol vowel in Erets is changed to a Qamats. (The vowel
under the Hey is also a Qamats, because Erets begins with an
Aleph.) :

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Exercises for Lesson 9 can be found on the following page.


LESSON 9 EXERCISES:

Translate the following words/phrases (they all have prefixes):

1)

2)

3)

Write the following words and phrases in Hebrew :

4) Adam and David.

5) The sky.

6) Adam and a dog.

7) A father and a mother.

Answers to exercises can be found on the next page.


LESSON 9 ANSWERS:

1) In water.

2) The house.

3) And a dog.

4)

5)

6)

7)

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