Lesson 3 | Verbs—imperfect
Review
Reading half of all verbs
We have only learned one verb stem so far (qal) and have not yet covered infinitives, commands or participles. Still, what we have learned already equips you to parse and understand about half of all the verbs which appear in the תנ״ך!
Let’s review the songs, vocab and grammar to make sure you have them down.
What we learned this lesson
- The imperfect paradigm
- strong verbs (שָׁמַר)
- hollow verbs (בּוֹא)
- weak final letter (הָיָה)
- weak first letter (נָתַן)
- The meaning of the imperfect aspect
- viewed as in progress
- most often present or future actions
- also: subjunctive, contingency, customary actions, permission
- Sequential-imperfect paradigm
- a-class vowel under the ו conjunction
- strong verbs (קָרָא)
- א as first letter in the root (אָמַר)
- The meaning of the sequential-imperfect
- perfect aspect
- implies sequence
- Mainline and offline clauses
- The definite article prefix: ה
- Word ordering is flexible in Hebrew
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Yuval — Worship Center of Music and the ArtsorgYuval's vision: We are created to worship God and to use our gifts for his glory. Worship is the matter of the heart—the attitude with which we live our lives to God. It is whatever we do, however we speak, sing, play, act, dance, create, etc. At Yuval, we aim to teach worship that is in spirit and in truth, God-centered, Messiah-seeking, disciplined, reverent, expectant, skillful and holistic.