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21 Cards in this Set
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Open and Closed Syllables
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- ALL syllables begin with a consonant
- ALL syllables contain only 1 vowel or reduced vowel - Open syllable is one that ends in a vowel - Closed syllable is one that ends in a consonant |
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A _______ ________ syllable MUST have a ______ vowel
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Closed
Unaccented Short |
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Vocal or Silent Shewa
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Vocal when:
1. first vowel in a word 2. vowel in front of it is long 3. 2nd of 2 consecutive shewas, unless at the end 4. underneath a dagesh forte |
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Maqqeph
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A short horizontal stroke that joins words together into one accented unit, as though they were all one word
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Metheg
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Short vertical stroke placed at the left of a vowel. Its effect is to make the reader pause after it. Leaves syllable open.
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Qamets-Hatuph/Qamets
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qamets=long,
qamets-hatuph=short open=long closed=short |
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Dagesh Lene/Forte
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Is it BGDKPhT?
No - Forte Yes - Preceded by vowel = Forted Not = Lene |
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Guttural Rules
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1. cannot be doubled (w/ Resh)
2. take composite shewa 3. prefer Patah 4. take furtive Patah after accented |
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Gutturals
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Letters:
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BeGaDKePHaT
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Letters:
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Adjectives
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1. Predicate - does not agree in definiteness with noun, usually precedes
2. Attributive - agrees in definiteness with noun, usually follows it 3. Substantive - no noun for the adjective to modify, usually is definite |
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Inseparable Prepositions
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'to' or 'for'
'in' or 'with' 'as' or 'like' |
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Construct Noun
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1. maqeph is used between often
2. never takes def article 3. often shortens |
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Active Participle (p65)
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Root:
M.Sg. F.Sg. M.Pl. F.Pl. |
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Old Accusative Ending
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denotes motion or direction to a place; not accented
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Imperfect (p75)
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shewa under first
holem over second prefixed |
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Imperative
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shewa under first
holem over second not prefixed only 2nd person |
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Infinitives
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Verbal noun
Absolute and Construct Absolute - emphasis; has holem-vav Construct - often with "to" |
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Passive Participle
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contains Sureq
"is kept" "are kept" as opposed to "ing" |
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Cohortative
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1st person imperative
appending syllable |
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Jussive
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Imperfect often used with Jussive
3rd person context helps with this |