Lesson 9 | Stems

Song: הִגִּיד לְךָ אָדָם

In Micah 6, Yahweh rebukes his people for turning away from him, their Redeemer (v. 1-5). How should they respond to him? Micah answers: not with mere physical offerings (v. 6-7) but with justice, steadfast love, and humble nearness to him (v. 8).
This is one of the most famous verses in the Hebrew Bible, and now you get to learn how to sing it in Hebrew!
You know nearly all of the words in the song, but there are some that appear fewer than 100 times in the תנ״ך and so have not been in your vocab. Click words you do not know below, then listen to the song again.

Log in / create an account to enroll or continue where you left off.

Practice

There is one perfect verb in this verse. Let’s analyze it.

Copy and paste the perfect verb here:

Log in / create an account to enroll or continue where you left off.

What is its root?

Log in / create an account to enroll or continue where you left off.

Is it derived from a hollow verb?

Log in / create an account to enroll or continue where you left off.

Does its root begin or end with a weak letter?

Log in / create an account to enroll or continue where you left off.

What stem is it conjugated in?

Log in / create an account to enroll or continue where you left off.

What is its person, gender, and number? (use this format: e.g. 1cs)

Log in / create an account to enroll or continue where you left off.

Highlight and zigzag it in the passage above according to its aspect and stem.

In light of these things, it could be translated in the passage above as .

Log in / create an account to enroll or continue where you left off.

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