Lesson 13: Verbs with Guttural Roots; More on Gender
Vocabulary
| to read, call | קָרָא |
| to pass over, transgress | עָבַר |
| to give | נָתַן |
| to send | שָׁלַח |
| to find | מָצָא |
| to go up | עָלָה |
| to answer, reply | עָנָה |
| to drink | שָׁתָה |
| desert | מִדְבָּר |
| rare, precious | יָקָר |
| pen, stylus | עֵט |
| morning | בֹּקֶר |
| sheep | צֹאן |
| sword(f) | חֶרֶב |
| sea | יָם |
| scribe | סוֹפֵר |
| that, because (conj.) | כִּי |
| peace | שָׁלוֹם |
Final het ח or ayin ע:
When the last letter of the root is a gutteral, such as שָׁלַח, then the way that Qal participles and the perfect will form will be slightly different from what you've seen with other verbs. Your textbook explains it in some detail. What you'll notice is that the masculine singular and feminine singular particples will undergo a slight change in the vowels, as will the second person feminine in the perfect.
Gender
As the student should be aware by now, generally speaking, nouns ending with a he ה or a tav ת are usually feminine (there are always exceptions, of course), as are nouns that denote female beings and nouns that are body parts that come in pairs. Added to the sorts of nouns that are feminine are the names of nations, cities and towns or villages.
Reading
Please read pages 114-116 in Biblical Hebrew Step-by-Step.
Exercises
1. Memorize the vocabulary and paradigms.
2. Do the Exercises on pages 117.