Unit 18 Flashcards
Suffixes on prepositions, cardinal numerals (40 cards)
מוֹאָב
Moab
רָעָב
Famine, hunger
שָׁלוֹשׁ
Three
שֶׁבַע
Seven
מִן
From, of
מְדִינָה
Country
רַק
Only, just
שְׁמוֹנֶה
Eight
Which prepositions take the suffixes used in conjunction with plural nouns?
עַל, אֵל, תַּחַת, אַחַר, לִפְנֵי
Which person/gender/number suffixes cause propretonic reduction when added to prepositions?
3mp, 3fp, 2mp, and 2fp
תַּחַת
Under
Which prepositions take variants of the singular noun suffixes?
כְּ, מִן
When adding suffixes to כְּ, what base is used?
-כָּמוֹ, in the 3mp and 2mp -כָּ
When adding suffixes to מִן, what base is used?
-מִמּ
How does the cardinal numeral ‘one’ usually function in Biblical Hebrew?
Like an attributive adjective, appearing after the noun that it modifies and matches in gender and number; appearing before the noun in a construct meaning ‘one of the ___’
Where do cardinal numerals 2-10 appear in the sentence?
Before or after the noun it modifies
Do cardinal numerals 2-10 match the noun they modify in gender?
No, they flip gender (feminine numerals are used with masculine nouns and vice versa)
How are numerals 11 to 19 formed?
By adding the word for ten to variants of the numerals 1-9
How is the numeral 20 formed?
By adding the plural suffix -im to the word for ten
How are numerals 30+ formed?
By adding the plural suffix -im to the numerals three to ten
רְבָבָה
Ten thousand
אֶלֶף
One thousand
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel
יוֹסֵף
Joseph
