Monthly Archives: November 2010

Grammatical Structure

1. The formation of the parts of speech from the stems (derivation), and their inflexion, are effected in two ways: (a) internally by changes in the stem itself, particularly in its vowels: (b) externally by the addition of formative syllables … Continue reading

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Semitic Languages

1. The Hebrew language is one branch of a great family of languages in Western Asia which was indigenous in Palestine, Phoenicia, Syria, Mesopotamia, Babylonia, Assyria, and Arabia, that is to say, in the countries extending from the Mediterranean to … Continue reading

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Niphal (Niph˓al)

1. The essential characteristic of this conjugation consists in a prefix to the stem. This exists in two forms: (a) the (probably original) prepositive nă, as in the Hebrew perfect and participle, although in the strong verb the ă is … Continue reading

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Pronominal Suffixes

1. The independent principal forms of the personal pronoun (the separate pronoun), given in the preceding section, express only the nominative. The accusative and genitive are expressed by forms, usually shorter, joined to the end of verbs, nouns, and particles … Continue reading

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Adverbs תואר הפועל

The Hebrew term for adverb is תואר הפועל. 1. Primitive adverbs are those of negation, לא not = οὐ, ουκ, אל = μη, אין there (is) not, and some few others of place and time, as שׁם there then. These adverbs may … Continue reading

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