Ch 6 Futato - The Verb: Qal Perfect

Question 1

What do we call the core consonants of a word?

Answer 1

root

Question 2

How many core consonants does a Hebrew word normally have

Answer 2

three

Question 3

How is a root of a Hebrew word indicated?

Answer 3

writing the consonants
(without vowels, prefixes, or suffixes)

Question 4

If words have a common root, what is likely true about the words?

Answer 4

they will usually have related meanings

Question 5

True or false?

Endings for gender and number are part of the root.

Answer 5

false

Question 6

What is meant by a verb pattern?

Answer 6

The root of the verb plus the characteristic added elements.

Question 7

Which verb pattern is the simple active pattern?

Answer 7

Qal

Question 8

What pattern is formed by prefixing a nun to the root?

Answer 8

niphal

Question 9

What part of a verb tells you its basic meaning?

Answer 9

the root

Question 10

What do vowels and dageshes tell you about a verb?

Answer 10

Its pattern
(active, stative, passive, intensive, or causitive)

Question 11

What tense does the Hebrew Perfect usually translate into in English?

Answer 11

past tense

Question 12

What is added right after the verb root to tell you its conjugation?

Answer 12

afformative

Question 13

True or False?

Endings for gender and number can be part of the root.

Answer 13

False! These endings are NEVER part of the root.

Question 14

What are the two types of conjugations for Hebrew verbs?

Answer 14

finite and non-finite

Question 15

What three things do finite conjugations tell you?

Answer 15

person, gender, and number

Question 16

Why do Hebrew verb paradigms move from 3rd-person through 1st-person?

Answer 16

Because the 3ms is the base form from which other forms derive

Question 17

What does c stand for and refer to in forms?

Answer 17

“common” - meaning the form is used in common for both masc/fem

Question 18

What does pf stand for?

Answer 18

the perfect conjugation

Question 19

What is affixed to the end of the verb root to indicate the 3MS form ֹof the qal perfect?

Answer 19

Nothing!
3MS is the base form from which other forms derive.

Question 20

How is this translated?

Which form has the following ending?

Answer 20

She/it __ed

Form is 3FS

Question 21

How is this translated?

Which form has the following ending?

Answer 21

you __ed

Form is 2ms

Question 22

How is it translated?

Which form has the following ending?

Answer 22

you __ed

Form is 2fs

Question 23

How is this translated?

Which form has the following ending?

Answer 23

I __ed

Form is 1cs

Question 24

How is this translated?

Which form has the following ending?

Answer 24

They __ed

Careful- 1cp ends with nun-shurreq

form is 3cp

Question 25

How is this translated? ## Footnote Which form has the following ending?

Answer 25

**y-all** __ed ## Footnote Form is 2mp

Question 26

How is this translated? ## Footnote Which form has the following ending?

Answer 26

**y-all** __ed ## Footnote Form is 2fp

Question 27

How is this translated? ## Footnote Which form has the following ending?

Answer 27

**We** __ed ## Footnote Form is 1cp (careful - ending is nun-shurreq, not just shurreq, which would be 3cp)

Question 28

What is the order of parsing Hebrew verbs?

Answer 28

1. pattern 2. conjugation 3. person 4. gender 5. number 6. root 7. translation - for Dr. Matt

Question 29

How many types of perfect verbs in the Qal? What is it/are they called?

Answer 29

Two - the **action** and the **stative**

Question 30

Does the Qal pattern indicate normal, intensive, or causitive action?

Answer 30

Normal

Question 31

What does "radical" mean?

Answer 31

root letter

Question 32

What tense is the stative usually translated into in English?

Answer 32

the **present** tense