An introductory Hebrew grammar with progressive exercises in reading and writing / by A.B. Davidson.

  • Andrew B. Davidson
Date:
1909
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    To a lion. The man wrote In the book. God gave the woman to the man for wife. In the morning. In these heavens. In the earth. In that day. In the lofty palace. The lion cried like an (the) ass. God called the firmament heaven, and the dry land called he earth. He gave the sword to the king. Man is dust out of the ground. He ate of the tree. The wise people rested on the seventh day. To the dust. In (at) pain. On (in) the high mountain. § 15. THE CONJUNCTION &c. 1. The inseparable conjunction i and is pointed very much like the inseparable prepositions in § 14. a) Its ordinary pointing is sh®va, nriSl and thou. b) Before the hatephs it takes the corresponding short vowel (§ 8. 3.), and L c) Before simple sh®va and the Labials (►*] 1 2) its point- ing is 1?’ and a son. d) Before the accent, especially if disjunctive, it often takes qamec (§ 6. 2 b.), and evil Gen. 3. 5. Kem. Before yod with sh®va the pointing is hireq after § 6. 2d., and yod is silent (§ 9. 1), and the days of—. Even before a labial, the law d) of the pretone may prevail, as Gen. 1. 2. Naturally the conj. does not cohere so closely with the word as the prep, and does not displace the He of the Art., as and the people. 2. The verb. The root of the verb is held to be 3. sing, perf. act.., which is the simplest form. Verbal inflection for persons is made by attaching to this root the significant elements of the personal pronouns (§ 12). sing.mas.perf. he ruled, has ruled &Co 2. „ „ „ thou hast ruled &c. of pr. ihou 2. „ fern. „ thou hast ruled &c. I « » 1. „ com. „ I ruled, ha.ve ruled &c. ^^ = A'^ofpr. 7 \.plur.com. „ we ruled, did rule &c. nu of pr. we. EXEECISE. TRANSLATE. I said to the man. The man and the woman. A lion and an ass. We rested on the seventh day. And of the tree we have eaten.