Lesson 2 | Verbs—perfect

הִנֵּה אֱלֹהֵינוּ

Singing Isaiah 25:8-9
We turn again to learn a worship song with lyrics coming directly from the Hebrew Bible. Listen and sing along to this song. As you do, learn the words with the help of the visuals and the new vocab words listed below the video. Finally, be sure to keep your eyes out for the two qal perfects within the song.

בָּלַע49x
swallow (verb)

 מָוֶת 155x
death (noun)
839x

      מוּת
      die (verb)
      
      from the same root
      
 נֶצַח 44x
forever (noun)
64x

      נָצַח
      oversee (verb)
      
      from the same root
      
 מָחָה 34x
wipe out (verb)

 דִּמְעָה 23x
tears (noun)

 עַל 5764x
upon (preposition)

 פָּנִים 2127x
face (noun)
135x

      פָּנָה
      turn (verb)
      
      from the same root
      
1128x

      לִפְנֵי
      before
      
preposition + plural masc construct
      
307x

      מִפְנֵי
      from, due to
      
preposition + plural masc construct
      
 חֶרְפָּה 73x
reproach (noun)

 עַם 1837x
[a] people (noun)

 סוּר 300x
turn aside (verb)

 אֶרֶץ 2504x
land, earth (noun)

 כִּי 4329x
that, for, when (conjunction)

 דָבַר 1144x
speak (verb)
1441x

      דָּבָר
      word (noun)
      
      from the same root
      
 יוֹם 2303x
day (noun)

 הוּא, הִיא 1879x
he [הוּא], she [הִיא], it (pronoun)

 הִנֵּה 842x
behold! (interjection)
317x

      הֵן
      behold (particle)
      
      from the same root
      
 זֶה, זֹאת 1177x
this (particle)

 קָוָה 46x
wait, hope (verb)
32x

      תִּקְוָה
      hope (noun)
      
      from the same root
      
 גִּיל 45x
rejoice (verb)

 שָׂמַח 152x
rejoice (verb)
93x

      שִׂמְחָה
      joy (noun)
      
      from the same root
      
25x

      שָׂמֵחַ
      glad (adjective)
      
      from the same root
      
Purchase the MP3 of this songThe more you listen to the songs in this course, the more you will learn the Hebrew verses which make up their lyrics. Thus, we strongly encourage you to purchase the MP3 of this song or the entire album and to listen to it throughout the day. This particular album contains four songs taught in this course.
If you happen to look up the text of this song in the Hebrew Bible, you will notice that we have left out a letter פ between verses 8 and 9. This is not actually a word, but rather a scribal way of indicating the end of a major section. Likewise, a ס appearing after a verse indicates the end of a minor section.