An Elementary Grammar of Biblical Hebrew

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A&C Black, Oct 1, 2000 - Religion - 176 pages
This is designed as an especially user-friendly volume. Thus it employs largely traditional nomenclature to describe grammatical phenomena. It also deals with the relatively simple noun before taking up the verbal system. Numerous examples and exercises are also provided, all culled from the Hebrew Bible itself, and the lesson vocabularies feature words which occur over 170 times in the Masoretic text. This book is designed to induct the student into the use of a printed Hebrew Bible, a Biblical Hebrew lexicon, and an advanced grammar, as well as a concise overview of how Hebrew fits within the Semitic languages. Verbal paradigms and a subject index are also included.
 

Contents

Alphabet
13
Vowels
16
Accents Pause Meteg Maqqef
19
Dagesh Lene Forte Euphonic
23
Gutturals Mappîq Rafe
26
Syllables Silent Swâ
29
Article Waw Conjunction Interrogatives
33
Prepositions Object Marker He Directive
37
Volitives in Qal Cohortative Imperative Jussive
69
Qal Infinitives Construct Absolute
72
Qal Participles
76
Suffixes on Qal Verbs
79
Waw Consecutive Verbal Hendiadys
83
Niphal
88
Piel Pual
91
Hiphil Hophal
95

Nouns
41
Adjectives
46
Construct
50
Demonstratives Numerals
54
Pronouns Independent Suffixed Relative
58
Verbs Qal Perfect
62
Qal Imperfect
66
Hithpael
100
Weak Verbs PeGuttural
104
PeAleph
110
PeNun
114
PeYōdWaw
117
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Edwin C. Hostetter is Professor of Biblical Studies at the Ecumenical Institute of Theology in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

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