Learning Hebrew Nouns: Singular and Plural Forms
Discover the fundamentals of Hebrew nouns, including singular and plural forms. Learn how nouns can be derived from verbs and understand the differences between masculine and feminine nouns. Explore the common endings used in both singular and plural nouns with helpful examples.
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Speak and write Hebrew: good morning good evening good night good fortune Hello, good morning Hello Hello, good evening Hello Hello, good night Hello Good luck = congratulations!
Speak Hebrew good morning Hello it going how s thanks okay How s it going? All, Good-bye
3.P. Sing: Hinneh Mah Tov (Ps. 133:1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZs9ld3klPo&t=0s&index=1&list= PLnNXzYjQerJia_8yTy8OrM2K-BiN5OEup Ebraico "Hinei ma tov" Salmo 133 Preformance or Search for Canto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHNQIsZxDKo&t=34s&index=44 &list=PLnNXzYjQerJia_8yTy8OrM2K-BiN5OEup or Search for Psalm 133:1, Sung in Hebrew Dr. David Howard (Bethel Sem.) (sing as a round jump into this video at 1:53 to listen to just the song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehnKHhJ26pQ (single guy with guitar)
as one brothers dwell How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity! and how pleasant how good behold (repeat) Chorus: How good when brothers live together in unity! How good when brothers live together in unity!
Hevenu Shalom Aleichem https://youtu.be/JB4RMIWroMY to you peace we bring
Qal Perfect Chant 1 CP we guarded 1CS I guarded 2 MP you (m.) guarded 2 MS you (m.) guarded 2 FS 2 FP you (f.) guarded you (f.) guarded 3 MS 3 CP they guarded he guarded 3 FS she guarded
Introduction to the Nouns: Singular While most nouns can be derived from matching verbs (e.g. [king] is derived from the verb [to rule]). Some, however are not (e.g. [father], [day], [night], [son], Masculine nouns often do not take any special ending in the singular (e.g. [king], [horse], [word], [day]). The feminine singular is often noted because of the or some ending ( or or ) as in [king] [queen] or [man] [woman].
Nouns: Plural The usual endings for the masculine plural is ( [king] [kings]) and the feminine ( [law] [laws]). Masc. Plural (queen) Masculine Sing. Feminine Sing. (queens) Fem. Plural (king) (kings) Endings: --- [horse] (horses) [mare] (mares)
4.C. Vowel Reduction The general pattern is the propretonic syllable will reduce to a ev if it has a q me or a er (e.g. [words]). Gutturals will force the ev into a at f-pata (e.g. [cloud] [clouds])
Segholates and Geminates Segholates are nouns which are accented on the first syllable often have two segh ls (e.g. or ) with an accent on the penult There may only be one segh l (e.g. [morning]) or no segh l at all but still accented on the penult (e.g. [lad]). Geminates (Latin: gemini=twins; vid. Pratico/Van Pelt, p. 33) are nouns with only two consonants but originally had a doubled final consonants ( [heart] [heart]).
Construct Noun Hebrew nouns have no genitive by which two nouns can be related such as the son of David in Greek. Instead Hebrew has what is called a construct form that allows for the connection of two nouns often with the word of . The absolute state is the lexical form that appears when one looks up a noun in the lexicon. A construct form is used to bind 2 or more nouns together into a construct chain
Hebrew Lexicon 1) The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon (BDB; $27 at Amazon.com, older work) 2) Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (HALOT; $300 in 2 volumes, most recent work) and 3) A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament by William Holladay (ca. $28, brief) are the three prominent Hebrew lexicons
Formation of Construct Nouns Because the construct noun loses its accent the vowels are often reduced: 1) final closed syllable shifts from a q me to a pata (e.g. [word of]); 2) Often in an initial open syllable the q me or er are dropped to a ev (e.g. [word of]) or a at f-pata if the initial consonant is a guttural (e.g. [absolute: five] [construct: five]). The masculine plural shifts from the normal ending to with the long vowels in the initial open syllable reduced to a ev (e.g. [sons of]). The feminine plural retains the normal absolute ending ( ) while the feminine singular shifts the ending from the absolute to a (e.g. [law of]).
Noun Chant Masculine Singular Abs.Singular Construct word word of words words of Feminine law law of Plural Abs. Plural Construct laws laws of Dual: hand of hand 2 hands 2 hands of
4.G. Partial List of Nouns patterns for the Absolute (sing./plural) and Construct (sing. / plural) (vid. Kelly 60-62 for a more complete listing). Sing. Absolute Singular Construct Plural Absolute Plural Construct (man) (man of) (men) (men of) (day) (day of) (days) (days of) (son) (son of ) (sons) (sons of) (daughter) (daughter of) (daughters) (daughters of) (father) (father of) (fathers) (fathers of) (word) (word of) (words) (words of) (place) (place of) (places) (places of) (judgment) (judgment of) (judgments) (land) (land of ) (lands) (lands of) (king) (king of) (kings) (kings of) (way) (way of) (ways) (ways of) (servant) (servant of) (servants) (servants of) (law) (law of) (laws) (laws of) (woman) (woman of) (women) (women of) (house) (house of) (houses) (houses of) (people) (people of) (peoples) (peoples of) (soul) (soul of) (souls) (souls of)
Declining Nouns Noun MPC [Masculine Plural Construct] from meaning words of Noun FSC [Feminine Singular Construct] from meaning woman of Noun FSA/C [Feminine Singular Absolute or Construct] from meaning land
Construct Chains law of the Lord (Ps. 1:2) the word of the Lord (Jer 1:2) the words of Lemuel (Ps. 31:1) the house of the king (1 Kgs 9:10) the covenant of Abram (Gen. 14:13)
Chapter 4 Vocabulary List son, descendant all, each, every way, road hand, forearm name behold! lo! soul, life heavens, sky to hear, listen, obey law, instruction 4,932 5,412 712 1,617 881 1,059 757 422 1,159 220
4.K. Speak and write: -- How are you (masculine) [ -- How are you (feminine)] -- good thanks -- what is your name (masculine) -- what is your name (feminine)] ] __[Ted]_____ -- my name is __Ted__ Good-bye
4.L. Sing: Shema lullaby (Deut. 6:4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIOpZ9fQLbU&t=0s&list=PLnNXz YjQerJia_8yTy8OrM2K-BiN5OEup&index=2 or search Youtube for: Shema Lullaby Judy Ginsburgh
