Lesson 4 | Stems in the Imperfect
Assignment
Instructions
Use the cheat sheet to mark the Hebrew text with circles, highlights, and zigzag underlines for the elements you have learned: Non-prefix conjunctions
Participles in any stem
Perfect form verbs in any stem
Imperfect form verbs in any stem
Translate the text using the helps under each verse.
Markup conjunctions, participles, perfect form, and imperfect form verbs.
Helps
רָחוֹק — “afar”
נִרְאָ֣ה — Remember from the previous assignment the meaning of this verb in this stem?
אַהֲבָה — “love”; this word begins a quotation, introduced by the first four words of the verse
עַל־כֵּ֖ן — Try to smooth out the literal translation of these words so the verse makes sense.
מָשַׁךְ — “draw”
חָֽסֶד — In the context, this noun can be seen as giving the means by which the previous verb is accomplished.
Markup conjunctions, participles, perfect form, and imperfect form verbs.
Helps
צָפוֹן — “north”
יְרֵכָה — “extreme part”
עִוֵּר — “blind”
פִּסֵּחַ — “lame”
הָרָה — “pregnant”
יַחְדָּ֑ו — “together”
קָהָ֥ל — “assembly”
הֵֽנָּה — “to here”
Markup conjunctions, participles, perfect form, and imperfect form verbs.
Helps
Markup conjunctions, participles, perfect form, and imperfect form verbs.
Helps
שִׁמְע֤וּ — qal imperative 2nd masculine plural
וְהַגִּ֥ידוּ — hiphil imperative 2nd masculine plural; you should be able to figure out the root of this weak verb, using what you’ve learned about the hiphil in the perfect form
אִי — “region”
וְאִמְר֗וּ - qal imperative 2nd masculine plural
זָרָה — “scatter”
רֹעֶה — “shepherd”
עֵדֶר — “flock”
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