Biblical Hebrew Study Group

[vijayjohn]

I've tried doing Lesson 3 as well:

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(a) קָדֺושׁ קְדֹושָׁה קְדֺושִׁים קְדֺושֺׁות
רָחֺוק רְחֺוקָה רְחֺוקִים רְהֺוקֺות
קָרֺוב קְרֺובָה קְרֺובִים קְרֺובֺות
כָּבֵד כְּבֵרָה כְּבֵרִים כְּבֵרֺות
צָמֵא צְמֵאָה צְמֵאִים צְמֵאֺות
שָלֵם שְלֵמָה שְלֵמִים שְלֵמֺות

(b) 1. הָאִישׁ הַטֺּוב, הָאִישׁ הַקָטֹן, הָאִישׁ הַהָרַע
2. הָעִיר הַגְּדֺולָה, הָעִיר הַקְטַנָּה, הָעִיר הָרָעָה
3. הָאִישָּׁה הַיָפָח, הָאִישָּׁה הַקְטַנָּה, הָאִישָּׁה הַטֺּובָה
4. oops, they said small field, and I forgot the holem haser on tov! יֶלֶד טוב, עִיר גְּדֺולָה, שָׂדֶה גָּדֺול, בַּיִת גָּדֺול
5. בָּעִיר, בָּעִיר הַגְּדֺולָה, אֵצֶל הָעִיר גְּדֺולָההַ
6. בַּהֵיכָל הַגָּדֺול, אֵצֶל הַנָהָר הַגָּדֺול
7. עָרִים, הֶעָרִים, בֶּעָרִים, בֶּעָרִים הַגְּדֺולֺות
8. אֲנָשִׁים, הָאֲנָשִׁים, הָאֲנָשִׁים הָרָרַעִים, בָּאֲנָשִׁים הָרָרַעִים
9. נָשִׁים, הנָּשִׁים, עַל-הנָּשִׁים הָרָרַעֺות
10. אֶרֶץ, הָאָרֶץ, הָאָרֶץ הַגְּדֺולָה

(c) 1. The woman is very evil.
2. He is beautiful.
3. The man and the woman are very beautiful.
4. Where are the good men? The good men are in the small city.
5. Where is the evil young man? He is in the big house.
6. Where is the king? He is in the great palace.
7. Who is good? The beautiful woman is good.
8. The matter is very good.
9. The famine in the city is great/big.
10. The servants are very evil.
11. The old men are near the house.
12. The small cities are near the big river.

(d) 1. .הַנָּשִׁים יָפֺות מְאֹד
2. .הָעִיר גְּדֺולָה מְאֹד
3. .הַבַיִת אֵצֶל שָׂדֶה קָטֹןבַּ
4. .הָאֲנָשִׁים וְהַנָּשִׁים על-הַדֶרֶךְעַ
5. .הַבָּתִּים הגדולים בָעיר Oops, I forgot to write out the vowels for הַגּדֺולִים!
6. .הַנָּשִׁים רָאֺותעֹ
7. .הַדָּבָר קָטֹן
8. .הַגָּן קָטֹן אֵצֶל הַדֶרֶךְ

EDIT: Sorry, the format got all messed up as a result of me trying to correct my mistakes.

[vijayjohn]

And here's Lesson 4!

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(a) סֹפְרִים, מֺועְדִים מֺועֲדִים, מִשְׁכָּנִים, גַּנָּבִים, שֻׁלְחָנֺות, מִקְדָּשִׁים

(b) 1. .הַשֹּׁפֵט יֹשֵׁב
2. .הַמֶּלֶךְ כֹּתֵב
3. .הַיֶּלֶד הֹלֵךְ
4. .הָאִישָּׁה נֹתֶנֶת
5. .הַמַּלְאָךְ הֹלֵךְ
6. .הָאִישׁ נֹתֵן
7. .הָעֶבֶד אֹכֵל
8. .הָאִישָּׁה הֹלֶכֶת

(c) 1. .הַשֹּׁפְטִים יֹשְׁבִים
2. .הַמֶּלֶכִים כֹּתְבִים
3. .הַיְּלָדִים הֹלְכִים
4. .הָנָּשִׁים נֹתְנֺות
5. .הַמַּלְאָכִים הֹלְכִים
6. .הָאֲנָשִׁים נֹתְנִים
7. .הֶעָברִים הֶעָבָרִים אֹכְלִים
8. .הָנָּשִׁים הֹלְכֺות

(d) 1. .הַשֹּׁפֵט הַיֹּשֵׁב
2. .הַמֶּלֶךְ הַכֹּתֵב
3. .הַיֶּלֶד הַהֹלֵךְ
4. .הָאִישָּׁה הַנֹּתֶנֶת
5. .הַמַּלְאָךְ הַהֹלֵךְ
6. .הָאִישׁ הַנֹּתֵן
7. .הָעֶבֶד הָאֹכֵל
8. .הָאִישָּׁה הַהֹלֶכֶת

(e) 1. The judge is giving the book to the man.
2. The woman is sitting and eating in the house.
3. The men are going to the big palace.
4. The king is sitting and writing in the book.
5. The messengers are going to the palace.
6. The matter is bad in the eyes of the people.
7. The young men are going to(wards) the river.
8. The king is sitting on the throne in the palace.
9. The people are living in the great land.
10. The man and the woman are living in the bad city.
11. The judges are going to(wards) the river.
12. The boys are sitting near the small river.
13. He is writing the words in the book.
14. Where are the women sitting?
15. The slaves are good in the eyes of the king.

(f) 1. .הַיְּלָדִים הֹלְכִים אֶל־הָעִיר
2. .הֶעָברִים יֹשְבִים אֵצֶל הַבַּתִּים הַקְּטַנִּים
3. .הַיֶּלֶד נֹתֵן אֶת־הַסֵּפֵר לָאִישׁ
4. .הָאִישׁ וְהָאִישָּׁה יֹשְׁבִים בַּגָּן
5. .הָאֲנָשִׁים נֹתְנִים אֶת־הַשָֹדֶה וְאֶת־הַגָּן לַמֶּלֶך
6. .הָעָם יֹשֵׁב בְּאֶרֶץ טוב

[vijayjohn]

Okay, question time!

...Is anyone still following this group? If so, do you find it helpful when I try to post answers to the exercises?

Thanks!

[vijayjohn]

Given that I'm the one who wrote all of the last five posts in this thread, I think I'll hold off on working on any more of the exercises until someone does express interest here again.

[księżycowy]

Sorry, Vijay.

[Drink]

I've just been lurking on this thread, but if you're interested, I can make corrections to your exercises (I've noticed a bunch of mistakes, no offence -- that's perfectly normal).

[vijayjohn]

Sorry for taking so long to reply to this, but I would really appreciate it if you could, so thanks for offering! In fact, you can even do this for the exercises I've been doing for Modern Hebrew if you like (but of course, that's up to you, no pressure ). By this point, I've given up on checking my mistakes because just doing the exercises themselves takes me forever.

Sorry, Vijay.

Nah, it's okay. I just wanted to know whether I was still helping to motivate anyone through this thread because otherwise there's honestly not much point in me trying to do all the exercises and include all the right niqqud and everything.

[Drink]

I'll start with your latest one. I've added corrections and notes. Note that without having the original exercise questions, I can only address grammatical issues.

And here's Lesson 4!

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(a) סֹפְרִים, מוֹעֲדִים, מִשְׁכָּנִים, גַּנָּבִים, שֻׁלְחָנוֹת, מִקְדָּשִׁים On computers, the proper way to show a holam with a vav is to put the holam on top of the vav rather than on top of the previous letter. So מוֹעֲדִים and שֻׁלְחָנוֹת rather than מֹועֲדִים and שֻׁלְחָנֹות.

(b) 1. .הַשֹּׁפֵט יֹשֵׁב
2. .הַמֶּלֶךְ כֹּתֵב
3. .הַיֶּלֶד הֹלֵךְ
4. .הָאִשָּׁה נֹתֶנֶת In Biblical Hebrew, this י in אישה is never written, so: הָאִשָּׁה. As a side note, the word אִשָּׁה is not actually related to the word אִישׁ; their similarity is a coincidence.
5. .הַמַּלְאָךְ הֹלֵךְ
6. .הָאִישׁ נֹתֵן
7. .הָעֶבֶד אֹכֵל
8. .הָאִשָּׁה הֹלֶכֶת See previous note.

(c) 1. .הַשֹּׁפְטִים יֹשְׁבִים
2. .הַמְּלָכִים כֹּתְבִים Words ending in an unstressed segol or patah undergo stem vowel changes in the plural. Just like הַיְּלָדִים, which you got right below.
3. .הַיְּלָדִים הֹלְכִים
4. .הַנָּשִׁים נֹתְנוֹת
5. .הַמַּלְאָכִים הֹלְכִים
6. .הָאֲנָשִׁים נֹתְנִים
7. .הָעֲבָדִים אֹכְלִים See previous note. Also, you likely misread the letter ד as ר.
8. .הַנָּשִׁים הֹלְכוֹת

(d) 1. .הַשֹּׁפֵט הַיֹּשֵׁב
2. .הַמֶּלֶךְ הַכֹּתֵב
3. .הַיֶּלֶד הַהֹלֵךְ
4. .הָאִשָּׁה הַנֹּתֶנֶת
5. .הַמַּלְאָךְ הַהֹלֵךְ
6. .הָאִישׁ הַנֹּתֵן
7. .הָעֶבֶד הָאֹכֵל
8. .הָאִשָּׁה הַהֹלֶכֶת

(e) ... Nothing I can check here.

(f) 1. .הַיְּלָדִים הֹלְכִים אֶל־הָעִיר
2. .הָעֲבָדִים יֹשְבִים אֵצֶל הַבָּתִּים הַקְּטַנִּים Note the vowels in the plural of בית are בָּתִּים not בַּתִּים.
3. .הַיֶּלֶד נֹתֵן אֶת־הַסֵּפֶר לָאִישׁ Note the vowels in ספר are סֵפֶר not סֵפֵר.
4. .הָאִישׁ וְהָאִשָּׁה יֹשְׁבִים בַּגָּן
5. .הָאֲנָשִׁים נֹתְנִים אֶת־הַשָּׂדֶה וְאֶת־הַגָּן לַמֶּלֶך Note the dagesh in the ש of הַשָּׂדֶה (you had הַשָׂדֶה).
6. .הָעָם יֹשֵׁב בְּאֶרֶץ טוֹב

[vijayjohn]

Thanks so much for your help, Drink!

[Bubulus]

Hello again, guys. Two months ago I got stumped in this language learning program (so-to-speak) because I felt unwilling to learn to type Biblical Hebrew with either the common layout(s) or by pressing buttons component by component for every glyph. I told myself I'd make a program that I'd personally find easy, but then I procrastinated on making said program...

...Until last week, when I finally got my lazy ass to do it. The thing takes some ASCII-friendly code and produces both Hebrew and romanization.



(I realize that בָּרָא should probably be bārā without the ʾ at the end.)

And so I continued working on the book during the last few days, catching up to Vijay today. Here are my answers for units 1-4.

(EDIT: TO ANYONE READING THIS IN THE FUTURE, these answers contain mistakes! Don't trust them!)

UNIT 1

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(a)
šə-mā-ʿē´-nî
mik-kô-ḵə-ḇê
way-ḏab-bə-rû
də-ḇā-râw
ḇiq-qaš-tî´-ḵā
šə-lō-šîm
yit-tə-nē´-hû
yoš-mə-ḏû
ḇā-ră-ḵē´-nî
śə-ḏô-ṯê-ḵem
hig-gaḏ-ta´-nî
ya-ʿam-ḏû
way-yā´-moṯ
ziq-nê-hem

(b)
1.
בַּ֫יִת, הַבַּ֫יִת, בַּבַּ֫יִת, אֵ֫צֶל הַבַּ֫יִת
ba´yiṯ, habba´yiṯ, babba´yiṯ, ʾē´ṣel habba´yiṯ
2.
שָׂדֶה, בְּשָׂדֶה, בַּשָּׂדֶה
śāḏeh, bəśāḏeh, baśśāḏeh
3.
דֶּ֫רֶךְ, עַל־דֶּ֫רֶךְ, עַל־הַדֶּ֫רֶךְ
de´reḵ, ʿal-de´reḵ, ʿal-hadde´reḵ
4.
אַיֵּה הַנַּ֫עַר? הַזָּקֵן? הַבַּ֫יִת?
ʾayyēh hanna´ʿar? -- hazzāqēn? -- habba´yiṯ?
5.
הַנַּ֫עַר שָׁם
hanna´ʿar šām
6.
הַזָּקֵן וְהַנַּ֫עַר, הַבַּ֫יִת וְהַשָּׂדֶה
hazzāqēn wəhanna´ʿar, habba´yiṯ wəhaśśāḏeh

(c)
1. Where is the young man? The young man is in the house.
2. Where is the old man? The old man is there.
3. Where is the house? The house is near the river.
4. The field is near the river.
5. The young man and the old man are in the field.
6. Where is the old man? The old man is on the road.

(d)
1.
הַבַּ֫יִת וְהַשָּׂדֶה אֵ֫צֶל הַנָּהָר
habba´yiṯ wəhaśśāḏeh ʾē´ṣel hannāhār
2.
הַנַּ֫עַר עַל־הַדֶּ֫רֶךְ
hanna´ʿar ʿal-hadde´reḵ
3.
אַיֵּה הַנַּ֫עַר וְהַזָּקֵן
ʾayyēh hanna´ʿar wəhazzāqēn
4.
הַנַּ֫עַר בַּשָּׂדֶה
hanna´ʿar baśśāḏeh
5.
הַנָּהָר אֵ֫צֶל הַבַּ֫יִת
hannāhār ʾē´ṣel habba´yiṯ

UNIT 2

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(a)
Exercise (a) is just about making the initial begadkefat conosnants into their soft version without dagesh. I will skip it, as it's more of an oral exercise.

(b)
גְּבוּלִים
gəḇûlîm
עֲנָנִים
ʿănānîm
רְחוֹבוֹת
rəḥôḇôṯ
נְהָרוֹת
nəhārôṯ
צְבָאוֹת
ṣəḇāʾôṯ
שְׁכֵנִים
šəḵēnîm
קְהָלִים
qəhālîm
חֲצֵרוֹת
ḥăṣērôṯ

(c)
הַהָדָר
hahāḏār
הָאֲדָמָה
hāʾăḏāmāh
הֶעָפָר
heʿāp̄ār
הֶחָלָב
heḥālāḇ
הָאָדָם
hāʾāḏām
הַחָכְמָה
haḥoḵmāh
הָרִיב
hārîḇ
הַהֵיכָל
hahêḵāl

(d)
פְּגָרִים
pəḡārîm
עֲבָדִים
ʿăḇāḏîm
שְׁקָלִים
šəqālîm
מְלָכִים
məlāḵîm
קְבָרִים
qəḇārîm
דְּבָרִים
dəḇārîm
יְלָדִים
yəlāḏîm
זְקָנִים
zəqānîm
עֲצָמוֹת
ʿăṣāmôṯ
דְרָכִים
ḏərāḵîm
אֲבָנִים
ʾăḇānîm
נְפָשׁוֹת
nəp̄āšôṯ
נְעָרִים
nəʿārîm
חֲדָרִים
ḥăḏārîm
נְהָרוֹת
nəhārôṯ
חְרָבוֹת
ḥərāḇôṯ

(e)
1.
אִישׁ, אֲנָשִׁים, הָאֲנָשִׁים, בָּאֲנָשִׁים
ʾîš, ʾănāšîm, hāʾănāšîm, bāʾănāšîm
2.
אִשָּׁה, נָשִׁים, הַנָּשִׁים, בַּנָּשִׁים
ʾiššāh, nāšîm, hannāšîm, bannāšîm
3.
מֶ֫לֵךְ, מְלָכִים, עַל־הַמְּלָכִים
me´lēḵ, məlāḵîm, ʿal-hamməlāḵîm
4.
זָקֵן, זְקָנִים, עַל־הַזְּקָנִים
zāqēn, zəqānîm, ʿal-hazzəqānîm
5.
בַּ֫יִת, בָּֽתִּים, אֵ֫צֶל הַבָּֽתִּים
ba´yiṯ, bāttîm, ʾē´ṣel habbāttîm
6.
סֵ֫פֶר, סְפָרִים, בַסְּפָרִים
sē´p̄er, səp̄ārîm, ḇassəp̄ārîm
7.
עִיר, עָרִים, בֶּעָרִים
ʿîr, ʿārîm, beʿārîm

(f)
1. The men are in the city.
2. The women are at home.
3. The king and the servants are in the palace.
4. The books are in the house.
5. Where are the young men? The young men are in the field.
6. Where are the houses? The houses are in the city.
7. Where are the rivers? The rivers are there.
8. The cities are there and the way is here.

(g)
1.
הָאֲנָשִׁים וְהַנָּשִׁים בָּעִיר
hāʾănāšîm wəhannāšîm bāʿîr
2.
הַמֶּ֫לֶךְ בַּהֵיכָל
hamme´leḵ bahêḵāl
3.
הַנָּשִׁים פֹּה
hannāšîm pōh
4.
אֵיפֹה הַנְּעָרִים וְהָאֲבָדִים
ʾêp̄ōh hannəʿārîm wəhāʾăḇāḏîm
5.
הַסְּפָרִים בָּעִיר
hassəp̄ārîm bāʿîr
6.
הֶעָרִים אֵ֫צֶל הַנְּהָרִים
heʿārîm ʾē´ṣel hannəhārîm

UNIT 3

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(a)
קָדוֹשׁ, קְדוֹשִׁים, קְדוֹשָׁה, קְדוֹשׁוֹת
qāḏôš, qəḏôšîm, qəḏôšāh, qəḏôšôṯ
כָּבֵד, כְּבֵדִים, כְּבֵדָה, כְּבֵדוֹת
kāḇēḏ, kəḇēḏîm, kəḇēḏāh, kəḇēḏôṯ
רָחוֹק, רְחוֹקִים, רְחוֹקָה, רְחוֹקוֹת
rāḥôq, rəḥôqîm, rəḥôqāh, rəḥôqôṯ
צָמֵא, צְמֵאִים, צְמֵאָה, צְמֵאוֹת
ṣāmēʾ, ṣəmēʾîm, ṣəmēʾāh, ṣəmēʾôṯ
קָרוֹב, קְרוֹבִים, קְרוֹבָה, קְרוֹבוֹת
qārôḇ, qərôḇîm, qərôḇāh, qərôḇôṯ
שָׁלֵם, שְׁלֵמִים, שְׁלֵמָה, שְׁלֵמוֹת
šālēm, šəlēmîm, šəlēmāh, šəlēmôṯ

(b)
1.
הָאִישׁ הַטּוֹב, הָאִישׁ הַקָּטֹן, הָאִישׁ הָרַע
hāʾîš haṭṭôḇ, hāʾîš haqqāṭōn, hāʾîš hāraʿ
2.
הָעִיר הַגְּדוֹלָה, הָעִיר הַקְּטַנָּה, הָעִיר הָרָעָה
hāʿîr haggəḏôlāh, hāʿîr haqqəṭannāh, hāʿîr hārāʿāh
3.
הָאִשָּׁה הַיָּפָה, הָאִשָּׁה הַקְּטַנָּה, הָאִשָּׁה הַטּוֹבָה
hāʾiššāh hayyāp̄āh, hāʾiššāh haqqəṭannāh, hāʾiššāh haṭṭôḇāh
4.
יֶ֫לֶד טוֹב, עִיר גְּדוֹלָה, שָׂדֶה קָטֹן, בַּ֫יִת גָּדוֹל
ye´leḏ ṭôḇ, ʿîr gəḏôlāh, śāḏeh qāṭōn, ba´yiṯ gāḏôl
5.
בָּעִיר, בָּעִיר הַגְּדוֹלָה, אֵ֫צֶל הָעִיר הַגְּדוֹלָה
bāʿîr, bāʿîr haggəḏôlāh, ʾē´ṣel hāʿîr haggəḏôlāh
6.
בַּהֵיכָל הַגָּדוֹל, אֵ֫צֶל הַנָּהָר הַגָּדוֹל
bahêḵāl haggāḏôl, ʾē´ṣel hannāhār haggāḏôl
7.
עָרִים, הָעָרִים, בָּעָרִים, בָּעָרִים הַגְּדוֹלוֹת
ʿārîm, hāʿārîm, bāʿārîm, bāʿārîm haggəḏôlôṯ
8.
אֲנָשִׁים, הָאֲנָשִׁים, הָאֲנָשִׁים הָרָעִים, בָּאֲנָשִׁים הָרָעִים
ʾănāšîm, hāʾănāšîm, hāʾănāšîm hārāʿîm, bāʾănāšîm hārāʿîm
9.
נָשִׁים, הַנָּשִׁים, עַל־הַנָּשִׁים הָרָעוֹת
nāšîm, hannāšîm, ʿal-hannāšîm hārāʿôṯ
10.
אֶ֫רֶץ, הָאָ֫רֶץ, הָאָ֫רֶץ הַגְּדוֹלָה
ʾe´reṣ, hāʾā´reṣ, hāʾā´reṣ haggəḏôlāh

(c)
1. The woman is very bad.
2. He is handsome.
3. The man and the woman are very beautiful.
4. Where are the good men? The good men are in the small city.
5. Where is the evil young man? He is in the large house.
6. Where is the king? He is in the large palace.
7. Who is good? The beautiful woman is good.
8. The word/matter is very good.
9. The famine in the city is huge.
10. The servants are very evil.
11. The old men are near the house.
12. The small cities are near the big river.

(d)
1.
הַנָּשִׁים יָפוֹת מְאֹד
hannāšîm yāp̄ôṯ məʾōḏ
2.
הָעִיר גְּדוֹלָה מְאֹד
hāʿîr gəḏôlāh məʾōḏ
3.
הַבַּ֫יִת אֵ֫צֶל שָׂדֶה קָטֹן
habba´yiṯ ʾē´ṣel śāḏeh qāṭōn
4.
הָאֲנָשִׁים וְהַנָּשִׁים עַל־הַדֶּ֫רֶךְ
hāʾănāšîm wəhannāšîm ʿal-hadde´reḵ
5.
הַבָּֽתִּים הַגְּדוֹלִים בָעִיר
habbāttîm haggəḏôlîm ḇāʿîr
6.
הַנָּשִׁים רָעוֹת
hannāšîm rāʿôṯ
7.
הַדָּבָר קָטֹן
haddāḇār qāṭōn
8.
הַגָּן הַקָּטֹן אֵ֫צֶל הַדֶּרֶךְ
haggān haqqāṭōn ʾē´ṣel haddereḵ

UNIT 4

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(a)
סֹפְרִים
sōp̄ərîm
גַּנָּבִים
gannāḇîm
מוֹעְדִים
môʿəḏîm
שֻׁלְחָנוֹת
šulḥānôṯ
מִשְׁכָּנִים
miškānîm
מִקְדָּשִׁים
miqdāšîm

(b)
1.
שֹׁפֵט יֹשֵׁב
šōp̄ēṭ yōšēḇ
2.
הַמֶּ֫לֶךְ כֹּתֵב
hamme´leḵ kōṯēḇ
3.
הַיֶּ֫לֶד הֹלֵך
hayye´leḏ hōlēḵ
4.
הָאִשָּׁה נֹתֶ֫נֶת
hāʾiššāh nōṯe´neṯ
5.
הַמַּלְאָךְ הֹלֵך
hammalʾāḵ hōlēḵ
6.
הָאִישׁ נֹתֵן
hāʾîš nōṯēn
7.
הָעֶ֫בֶד אֹכֵל
hāʿe´ḇeḏ ʾōḵēl
8.
הָאִשָּׁה הֹלֶ֫כֶת
hāʾiššāh hōle´ḵeṯ

(c)
1.
שֹׁפְטִים יֹשְׁבִים
šōp̄əṭîm yōšəḇîm
2.
הַמְּלָכִים אֹכְלִים
hamməlāḵîm ʾōḵəlîm
3.
הַילָדִים הֹלְכִים
haylāḏîm hōləḵîm
4.
הַנָּשִׁים נֹתְנוֹת
hannāšîm nōṯənôṯ
5.
הַמְּלָכִים הֹלְכִים
hamməlāḵîm hōləḵîm
6.
הָאֲנָשִׁים נֹתְנִים
hāʾănāšîm nōṯənîm
7.
הָעֲבָדִים אֹכְלִים
hāʿăḇāḏîm ʾōḵəlîm
8.
הַנָּשִׁים הֹלְכוֹת
hannāšîm hōləḵôṯ

(d)
1.
הַסֹּפֵט הַיֹּצֵב
hassōp̄ēṭ hayyōṣēḇ
2.
הַמֶּ֫לֶךְ הַכֹּתֵב
hamme´leḵ hakkōṯēḇ
3.
הַיֶּ֫לֶד הַהֹלֵך
hayye´leḏ hahōlēḵ
4.
הָאִשָּׁה הַנֹּתֶ֫נֶת
hāʾiššāh hannōṯe´neṯ
5.
הַמַּלאָך הַהֹלֵך
hammalʾāḵ hahōlēḵ
6.
הָאִישׁ הַנֹּתֵן
hāʾîš hannōṯēn
7.
הָעֶ֫בֶד הָאֹכֵל
hāʿe´ḇeḏ hāʾōḵēl
8.
הָאִשָּׁה הַהֹלֶ֫כֶת
hāʾiššāh hahōle´ḵeṯ

(e)
1. The judge is giving the book to the man.
2. The woman is sitting and eating at home.
3. The men are going to the great temple.
4. The king is sitting and writing in a book.
5. The messengers are going to the palace.
6. The matter is bad in the opinion of the people.
7. The young men are going to the river.
8. The king is sitting on the throne in the palace.
9. The people are about to inhabit the great land.
10. The man and the woman are dwelling in the bad city.
11. The judges are going to the river.
12. The boys are sitting near the little river.
13. He is writing the words on the book.
14. Where are the women sitting?
15. The servants are good in the eyes of the king.

(f)
1.
הַילָדִים הֹלְכִים אֶל־הָעִיר
haylāḏîm hōləḵîm ʾel-hāʿîr
2.
הָאֲבָדִים יֹשְׁבִים אֵ֫צֶל הַבָּֽתִּים הַקְּטַנִּים
hāʾăḇāḏîm yōšəḇîm ʾē´ṣel habbāttîm haqqəṭannîm
3.
הַיֶּ֫לֶד נֹתֵן אֶת־הַסֵּ֫פֶר לָאִישׁ
hayye´leḏ nōṯēn ʾeṯ-hassē´p̄er lāʾîš
4.
הָאִישׁ וְהָאִשָּׁה יֹשְׁבִים בַגָּן
hāʾîš wəhāʾiššāh yōšəḇîm ḇaggān
5.
הָאֲנָשִׁים נֹתְנִים אֶת־הַשָּׂדֶה הַקָּטֹן וְאֶת־הַגָּן לַמֶּ֫לֶךְ
hāʾănāšîm nōṯənîm ʾeṯ-haśśāḏeh haqqāṭōn wəʾeṯ-haggān lamme´leḵ
6.
הָעָם יֹשְׁבִים בְאֶ֫רֶץ טוֹבָה
hāʿām yōšəḇîm ḇəʾe´reṣ ṭôḇāh

[Bubulus]

I haven't checked my answers against the Answer Key book or Vijay's. I plan to do so Friday morning.

The book says that words starting with mə- have the ə dropped when you add the article, giving the example מְרַגְּלִים məraggəlîm ~ הַמְרַגְּלִים hamraggəlîm (which is not hamməraggəlîm), but I noticed that "the kings" is actually הַמְּלָכִים hamməlāḵîm and not *hamlāḵîm in the Answer Key for exercises c.2 and c.5 in Unit 4, and also in Genesis 36:31. Lambdin expects the student to give hamməlāḵîm but doesn't explain why...

[vijayjohn]

Oh dang, maybe I should try getting into Biblical Hebrew again then!

Thanks for all your effort, Ser!

[Bubulus]

Oh dang, maybe I should try getting into Biblical Hebrew again then!

Thanks for all your effort, Ser!

I don't really care about reviving the Taiwanese Min Nan group (particularly because I don't have the books), but I do want to finish this group's program.

Since it will be just you and me if you rejoin, we could go at a bit of a faster pace too. Maybe two or three units per week.



By the way, I made a comment at some other place that I found it interesting that while כָּבֵד kāḇēḏ has its first vowel reduced to schwa when adding a suffix, e.g. כְּבֵדִים kəḇēḏîm (and not the middle one: *kāḇəḏîm), נֹתֵן nōṯēn is the opposite and has its middle vowel reduced, נֹתְנִים nōṯənîm (as opposed to *nəṯēnîm).

Somebody pointed out that apparently these words were kabid and nātin in Proto-Canaanite, which means that the difference in behaviour appears because historically the vowels there at the beginning syllable were different. The original long vowel in nātin does not reduce to schwa when adding suffixes. I was told that Hebrew surprisingly made many pre-tonic vowels long, e.g. kabid > kāḇēḏ, something I find quite odd typologically.

[Drink]

The book says that words starting with mə- have the ə dropped when you add the article, giving the example מְרַגְּלִים məraggəlîm ~ הַמְרַגְּלִים hamraggəlîm (which is not hamməraggəlîm), but I noticed that "the kings" is actually הַמְּלָכִים hamməlāḵîm and not *hamlāḵîm in the Answer Key for exercises c.2 and c.5 in Unit 4, and also in Genesis 36:31. Lambdin expects the student to give hamməlāḵîm but doesn't explain why...

This rule is for the mə- prefix found on verbal participles of some conjugation types (which מרגלים is, but מלכים is not), not for words starting with mə- in general. Even so, it's not a hard and fast rule, since I think you'd find examples of hammə- even when it is a verbal participle.

[Bubulus]

Comments on my answers to the exercises of Unit 2:

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(b)
חֲצֵרוֹת
ḥăṣērôṯ

This should be ḥəṣērôṯ. Huh, I guess that only aleph and ayin take the ă reduced vowel.

(c)
הַהָדָר
hahāḏār

This should be הֶהָדָר hehāḏār.

(d)
זְקָנִים
zəqānîm

זְקֵנִים zəqēnîm! I repeat the same mistake in e.4.

(g)
2.
הַמֶּ֫לֶךְ בַּהֵיכָל
hamme´leḵ bahêḵāl

בָהֵיכָל ḇāhêḵāl! I forgot the article.

Man, there are typos in the Answer Key book... The answer for Unit 2 (c) has הֶהָרָר hehārār and הֶהָלָב hehālāḇ, instead of הֶהָדָר hehāḏār and הֶחָלָב heḥālāḇ.

I think the Answer Key is also wrong when in Unit 2 (e) it says "on the kings" and "on the elders" are עַל־מְלָכִים ʿal-məlāḵîm and עַל־זְקֵנִים ʿal-zəqēnîm, without the article. Vijay made the same mistake admittedly.

(c)
wait, the second one is also הֶ?? Wtf

Yeah, the rules for the article before ayin say it's "he-" if there's a kametz gadol below the ayin...

[Bubulus]

Comments on my answers to the exercises of Unit 3:

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(b)
7.
עָרִים, הָעָרִים, בָּעָרִים, בָּעָרִים הַגְּדוֹלוֹת
ʿārîm, hāʿārîm, bāʿārîm, bāʿārîm haggəḏôlôṯ

I do seem to have a hard time remembering to use "he-" before ayin/heh/chet + kametz gadol...

(d)
5.
הַבָּֽתִּים הַגְּדוֹלִים בָעִיר
habbāttîm haggəḏôlîm ḇāʿîr

I forgot a dagesh on the bet. This happens more often than I'd like to admit, I corrected a whole bunch of these dagesh-on-initial-letter mistakes when writing the answers.

I didn't notice any mistakes in the Answer Key for Unit 3.

[księżycowy]

I don't really care about reviving the Taiwanese Min Nan group (particularly because I don't have the books), but I do want to finish this group's program.

I keep tempting myself with restarting the Minnan group, but then I end up reminding myself to keep my eyes on the prize.

[Bubulus]

Comments on my answers to the exercises of Unit 4:

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(a)
מוֹעְדִים
môʿəḏîm

מוֹעֲדִים môʿăḏîm!

(b)
1.
שֹׁפֵט יֹשֵׁב
šōp̄ēṭ yōšēḇ

(c)
1.
שֹׁפְטִים יֹשְׁבִים
šōp̄əṭîm yōšəḇîm

Somehow forgot the article for both: הַשֹּׁפֵט יֹשֵׁב haššōp̄ēṭ yōšēḇ, הַשֹּׁפְטִים יֹשְׁבִים haššōp̄əṭîm yōšəḇîm.

(e)
4. The king is sitting and writing in a book.

I missed the article: "in the book".

The book has a mistake in the answer for exercise d.8. It should be הָאִשָּׁה הַהֹלֶ֫כֶת hāʾiššāh hahōle´ḵeṯ, not what is there which is הָאִשָּׁה הַהֹלְכֶת hāʾiššāh hahōləḵeṯ.

I don't really care about reviving the Taiwanese Min Nan group (particularly because I don't have the books), but I do want to finish this group's program.

I keep tempting myself with restarting the Minnan group, but then I end up reminding myself to keep my eyes on the prize.

If you and Vijay decide to get back to it then I'll rejoin again as well, as between the two of you you guys create a good resource.

[księżycowy]

It has some potential, that's for sure.

We'll see what happens.

[Drink]

(c)
wait, the second one is also הֶ?? Wtf

Yeah, the rules for the article before ayin say it's "he-" if there's a kametz gadol below the ayin...

It's a good bit more complicated than that, as it depends on stress as well. Don't beat yourself up over not perfecting these rules so early on.