Biblia Hebraica (Biblical Hebrew - Lesson 5)

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LESSO V
Gutturals -

) h x ( and sometimes r
Gutturals refuse to be doubled (that is, they reject the dagesh forte).

Three peculiarities of gutturals

r(b if it was ra(ab and needed a dagesh forte in the ( it would become ra(fb
Gutturals prefer "a" class vowels

xUr , for instance becomes axUr the a

furtive.

is called a patah

Gutturals prefer compound shevas over simple shevas Usually this is the A ; the with a F

) likes E You rarely see a guttural

The Definite Article Hebrew has no indefinite article - e.g. - df

y is "a hand"

The definite article is always prefixed to the noun it modifies e.g. - df

y becomes dfYah

The general rule to follow in writing the definite article is that it is usually written:

ah (h , plus a patah and a dagesh forte in the first consonant of the

noun) Some exceptions: Before Before qames) Before written

h and x , the article is usually written ah (h , plus a patah) ) ( and r , the article is usually written fh (h , plus a fh , and before unaccented fh or unaccented f( , the article is eh ( h , plus a segol)

When you have a word that begins with a simple sheva whose initial consonant is y or m ( :y or :m ), the article is normally written ah (h , plus a patah)

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VOCABULARY

rO) jere) re$A) tiyaB tyir:B }aG rfbfD rah gax berex |e$ox bO+ {f y {iyam |elem axUr {Olf$ hfnf$

light earth who, which, what house covenant garden word, thing mountain feast, festival sword darkness good sea water king spirit, wind peace year

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