Unlocking the Power of Imperfect Verbs in Chapter 8

 
Imperfect Verbs
 
CHAPTER 8
 
הִנֵּה   מַה־טּוֹב          וּמַה־נָּעִים          שֶׁבֶת    אַחִים    גַּם־  יָֽחַד׃
     as one         
    
  brothers    
  
 dwell  
             
   and how pleasant  
     
   how good  
  
   behold
 How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together
 
in unity!
                     
(repeat)
Chorus:
הִנֵּה   מַה־טּוֹב               שֶׁבֶת    אַחִים    גַּם־  יָֽחַד׃
        How good when brothers live together
 
in unity!
הִנֵּה   מַה־טּוֹב               שֶׁבֶת    אַחִים    גַּם־  יָֽחַד׃
        How good when brothers live together
 
in unity!
Demonstrative Pronouns:  this and that
 
This / these                     that /  those                       who, which
 
זֶה
 
 
 
 
 
 
אֵלֶּה 
  
הוּא         
      
הֵמָה / הֵ
ם
 
              
 
א
ֲשֶׁר
זֹאת 
  
אֵלֶּה 
  
     
 
הִיא 
 
     
הֵנָּה / הֵ
ן
Introduction
 
A Logos search reveals that there are about 50,000 qal
verbs out of a total 74,017 verbs total in the Tanak
21,000 being Qal Perfect; 23,440 being Qal Imperfect
So the Qal is the major stem over all others and splits
almost evenly between the perfect and imperfect forms.
Introduction
 
The perfect is a 
suffixing verbal form 
adding endings
onto the end of the verbal form.  As we have learned
with 
שָׁמַרְתִּי
 
 and 
שָׁמַרְתָּ
 
etc. mostly translated into our
past tense— I guarded, you guarded
The imperfect will be a 
prefixing verbal form 
with
prefixes added to the front of the verbal form and
often translated as a future.  Hence we will get forms
such as:  
אֶשְׁמֹר
 (I will guard) and 
תִּשְׁמֹר
  (you will guard).
 
Qal Imperfect Morphology
 
1CS
 
אֶשְׁמֹר
 
I will keep
  
 
  
1CP
 
נִשְׂמֹר
 
    we will keep
2MS
 
תִּשְׁמֹר
 
you (m.) will keep
 
2MP
 
 
תִּשְׁמְרוּ
 
 
you (m.) will keep
2FS 
 
תִּשְׁמְרִי
 
you (f.) will keep
 
2FP
 
 
תִּשְׁמֹרְנָה
 
 you (f.) will keep
3MS 
 
יִשְׁמֹר
 
    he will keep
  
 
 
3MP
 
 
יִשְׁמְרוּ
 
 
they (m.) will keep
3FS 
 
תִּשְׁמֹר
 
she will keep
  
 
 
3FP
 
 
תִּשְׁמֹרְנָה
 
 
they (f.) will keep
 
Qal Imperfect Chant
 
1CS
 
אֶשְׁמֹר
   
 
  
1CP
 
נִשְׂמֹר
2MS
 
תִּשְׁמֹר
     
2MP
 
 
תִּשְׁמְרוּ
2FS 
 
תִּשְׁמְרִי
     
2FP
 
 
תִּשְׁמֹרְנָה
3MS 
 
יִשְׁמֹר
 
   
 
 
    
3MP
 
 
יִשְׁמְרוּ
3FS 
 
תִּשְׁמֹר
  
 
   
3FP
 
 
תִּשְׁמֹרְנָה
 
Imperfect Prefixes and suffixes
 
1CS
  
אֶ־־־
   
1CP
 
 
     
נִ־־־
2MS 
  
תִּ־־־
   
2MP   
 
תִּ־־־וּ
2FS 
  
תִּ־־־ִי
   
2FP
 
   
 
תִּ־־־ְנָה
3MS 
  
יִ־־־
   
3MP   
 
 
יִ־־־וּ
3FS 
  
תִּ־־־
   
3FP   
 
 
תִּ־־־ְנָה
 
Attaching the preformatives
 
Preformatives are generally attached with a ḥîreq (exception: 1CS 
א
 
 where a
seghôl is used) and the stem vowel is a ḥôlem which is reduced to a š
e
vā’ when
a vocalic suffix is added (e.g. 
תִּשְׁמְרִי
, 
תִּשְׁמְרוּ
, 
יִשְׁמְרוּ
)  The ḥôlem
is retained when the heavy suffix 
נָה
 
ending is added (e.g. 
תִּשְׁמֹרְנָה
 ).
There are two duplicate forms: 1) the 2MS = 3FS (
תִּשְׁמֹר
 = you [m.]
will keep and she will keep) and 2) the 2FP=3FP (
תִּשְׁמֹרְנָה
 
 you [f.]
will keep or they [f.] will keep).
Paragogic Nun
 
On occasion a Paragogic Nun is suffixed on the 3MP
and 2MP imperfect verbal forms that both normally
end in a šûreq. It does not impact the meaning.
Hence instead of 
תִּשְׁמְרוּ
 
 for the 2MP 
תִּשְׁמְרוּן
 
 is
written or defectively as 
תִּשְׁמְרֻן
 
(you [m] will keep).
Similarly, for the 3MP instead of  
יִשְׁמְרוּ
 
 it is sometimes
יִשְׁמְרוּן
 
 is written as or defectively as 
יִשְׁמְרֻן
.
 
8.D.  A Few Other Regular Verbs
 
בָּרַךְ
  
to bless, praise 
    
קָבַץ
 
  
to gather
זָכַר
 
  
to remember
     
פָּקַד
 
  
to visit
 
כָּתַב
 
  
to write
       
קָרַב
 
  
to approach
כָּרַת
 
  
to make a covenant 
 
קָטַל
 
  
to kill
מָשַׁל
   
 
 
 
to rule
     
 
 
שָׁבַר
 
 
 
to break
מָלַךְ
  
to rule
       
 
שָׁפַט
 
 
 
 
to judge
 
Stative Verbs
 
Fientive verbs
 are our normal verbs of action (e.g. he
looked, she stood).
Stative verbs
 describe a state of being “You are strong.” They can
be classified according to the second vowel that is manifest when
the 3MS perfect form or imperfect paradigms are examined:  1)
Pataḥ Stative, 2) Ṣerê Stative or 3) Ḥôlem Stative.
They are formed normally in the Perfect paradigm except for the
3MS when the special root form is manifest as seen in the chart
below.
 
Stative Verbs
 
In the Imperfect verbal forms, however, rather than the normal second
stem vowel being a ḥôlem switches to a pataḥ in all three cases
without regard to the original root vowel in the stative verb form.
Pataḥ Stative
 
     
 
  Ṣerê Stative 
   
  Ḥôlem Stative
 
גּדַל
  to be great
  
כָּבֵד
 
 
to be heavy
 
קָטֹן
 
 
to be small
חָכַם
 
 
to be wise
 
 
זָקֵן
 
 
to be old  
  
יָכֹל
 
 
to be able
קָדַשׁ
 
 
to be holy
 
  
יָרֵא
 
 
to be afraid
חָזַק
 
 
to be strong
 
Pataḥ Stative Paradigm:
 
1CS
 
אֶגְדַּל
 
 I am great
   
1CP
 
נִגְדַּל
  
we are great
2MS 
 
תִּגְדַּל
 
 you(m.) are great
 
 2MP
 
תִּגְדְּלוּ
 
 
you (m.) are great
2FS   
תִּגְדְּלִי
 
  you (f.) are great
 
2FP
 
 
תּגְדַּלְנָה
 
 
you (f.) are great
3MS 
 
יִגְדַּל
 
he is great
    
3MP
 
 
יִגְדְּלוּ
 
 
    they (m.) are great
3FS 
 
תִּגְדַּל
 
 she is great
   
3FP
 
 
תִּגְדַּלְנָה
 
 
they (f.) are great
 
Ṣerê Stative Paradigm:  
כָּבֵד
  
to be heavy, honor
 
1CS
 
אֶכְבַּד
 
    I am honored
 
       
 
1CP
 
   
נִכְבַּד
    
we are honored
2MS 
 
תִּכְבַּד
    
you (m.) are honored   
 
2MP
 
 
תִּכְבְּדוּ
 
 
  
you (m.) are honored
2FS    
תִּכְבְּדִי
   
you (f.) are honored   
 
2FP
 
 
תִּכְבַּדְנָה
    
you (f.) are honored
3MS    
יִכְבַּד
 
   
he is honored
 
        
 
3MP     
יִכְבְּדוּ
 
 
  
they (m.) are honored
3FS 
 
תִּכְבַּד
    
she is honored
 
         3FP
 
 
תִּכְבַּדְנָה
    
they (f.) are honored
 
Ḥôlem Stative Paradigm:
 
1CS
 
אֶקְטַן
 
 
I am small
 
   
1CP
 
 
נִקְטַן
 
  
we are small
2MS 
 
תִּקְטַן
 
 
you (m.) are small
 
2MP
 
 
תִּקְטְנוּ
 
 
you (m.) are small
2FS  
תִּקְטְנִי
 
   
you (f.) are small
  
2FP
 
 
תִּקְטַנָּה
 
 
you (f.) are small
3MS 
 
יִקְטַן
 
 
he is small
 
   
3MP
 
 
יִקְטַנוּ
 
 
     
they (m.) are small
3FS    
תִּקְטַן
 
 
she is small
 
  
3FP
 
 
תִּקְטַנָּה
 
 
they (f.) are small
 
8.G.
  
Negation: 3 ways to say “no”
 
We have learned so far that 
לֹא
 
  is the most common way of
saying a negative “no.” It is usually placed directly in front of
the accompanying verb as a permanent prohibition as in
the ten commandments “thou shalt not…”.
Secondly, 
אַל
 
  or 
אַל
־ 
  is used in cases that are not
permanent but more limited to a specific context.
Thirdly, 
אַיִן
 
 or more frequently in the construct state 
אֵין
 
  is a
substantive standing just before a noun that it negates (
אֵין
הַסֵּפֶר טוֹב 
  
“nothing of the book is good”—Harris, p. 43).
 
8.H.  Parsing form:
 
תִּשְׁמְרִי
 
Qal Impf. 2FS from 
שָׁמַר
 
  meaning “you (f.) will
                      keep”
יִכְבְּדוּ
 
 
Qal Impf. 3MP from 
כָּבֵד
 
  meaning “they (m.) are
                      honored”
 
8.I.   Chapter 8 Vocabulary List
 
אַחֲרֵי
   
after, behind
    
618
אַל
 
    
no, not, nothing 
  
694
בָּרַךְ
 
   
to bless, praise
   
330
דָּוִד
 
   
David 
      
1,075
מֹשֶׁה
  
 
 
Moses
      
766
 
 
8.I.   Chapter 8 Vocabulary List
 
גָּם
 
   
 
also, even, moreover 
 
769
מָה
 
   
what? how? 
   
 
  
757
מָלַךְ
 
   
to rule, be king 
    
348
פָּקַד
 
   
to visit, number, appoint
 
320
תַּחַת
 
  
 
 
under, below 
    
510
 
 
8.J.  Speak:   Lesson 8 Imperfects
 
 
בָּא לִי גְּלִידָה   
    
   
 
 I feel like (lit. it comes to me) ice cream
  
כַּמָה זֶה עוֹלֶה?
,  
כֵּן
   Yes, how much is it?
אֵין לִי ,אֲנִי מִצְטַעֵר 
 
 
 
 
 I don
t have any
, 
I
m sorry
בְּסֵדֶר
  
הַכֹּל
 
   
   
 All right
דַּי     
  
    
    
Enough/stop it
לְהִתְרָאוֹת 
 
     
   
Good-bye
7. I.  Chapter 7 Vocabulary List
 
good
טוֹב
great
 
גָּדוֹל
much, many, great
רַב
 
very (adv.), might (N.)
מְאֹד
7. I.  Chapter 7 Vocabulary List
 
this (m.s. / f.s.)
זֹאת / זֶה
face, front
 
פָּנִים
year
 
שָׁנָה
 
heart, mind
 
לֵבָב / לֵב
7. I.  Chapter 7 Vocabulary List
 
 
there, thither
שָׁם
 
thus, so
 
כֵּן
6.L.   Chapter 6 Vocabulary List 
 
spring, eye
 
עַ֫יִן
servant, slave
 
 
עֶ֫בֶד
Priest
כֹּהֵן
Egypt
מִצְרַ֫יִם
6.L.   Chapter 6 Vocabulary List
 
Brother
אָח
who, which, because
 
אֲשֶׂר
Head
  
רֹאשׁ
Daughter
 
 
בַּת
6.L.   Chapter 6 Vocabulary List
 
Water
 
מַ֫יִם
man, mankind, Adam
אָדָם
5.G.  Chapter 5 Vocabulary List
 
to, into, towards
 
אֶל
in, at, with, among, from
 
בְּ
like, as
כְּ
 
because, that, for, when
 
כִּי
5.G.  Chapter 5 Vocabulary List
 
for, to, until, towards
לְ
 
from, out of, because, since
 
מִן
 
until, while, toward
עַד
town, city
 
 
עִיר
 
5.G.  Chapter 5 Vocabulary List
 
on, upon, above, over
 
עַל
with
עִם
Chapter 4 Vocabulary List
 
son, descendant
 
בֵּן
 
all, each, every
 
כֹּל
 
way, road
 
דֶּ֫רֶךְ
 
hand, forearm
יָד
Chapter 4 Vocabulary List
 
 
name
 
שֵׁם
 
behold! lo!
 
הִנֵּה
 
soul, life
 
 
נֶ֫פֶשׁ
 
heavens, sky
 
שָׁמִַ֫יִם
Chapter 4 Vocabulary List
 
to hear, listen, obey
 
שָׁמַע
 
law, instruction
 
תּוֹרָה
Chapter 3 Vocabulary
 
 
father, ancestor
 
אָב
 
 God, god
 
אֱלֹהִים
 
 to say
 
אָמַר
 
 house, palace, dynasty
 
בַּ֫יִת
Chapter 3 Vocabulary
 
 
to be, become, happen
 
הָיָה
 
to remember, mention
 
זָכַר
 
to write
 
 
כָּתַב
 
people
 
עַם
 
Chapter 3 Vocabulary
 
 
to slay, kill
קָטַל
 
to keep, watch over, guard
 
שָׁמַר
Chapter 2 Vocabulary
 
 
 land, earth, ground
 
אֶ֫רֶץ
 
 man, human
 
 
אִישׁ
 
 woman, wife
 
אִשָּׁה
 
word, matter, thing
 
דָּבָר
Chapter 2 Vocabulary
 
 to go, walk
 
 
הָלַךְ
 
Yahweh, Jehovah, LORD
 
יְהוָה
 
day, daylight, time
 
יוֺם
 
Israel
 
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Chapter 2 Vocabulary
 
 
no, not
 
לֹא
 
king, ruler, prince
 
מֶ֫לֶךְ
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  1. Imperfect Verbs CHAPTER 8

  2. as one brothers dwell How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity! and how pleasant how good behold (repeat) Chorus: How good when brothers live together in unity! How good when brothers live together in unity!

  3. Demonstrative Pronouns: this and that This / these that / those who, which / /

  4. Introduction A Logos search reveals that there are about 50,000 qal verbs out of a total 74,017 verbs total in the Tanak 21,000 being Qal Perfect; 23,440 being Qal Imperfect So the Qal is the major stem over all others and splits almost evenly between the perfect and imperfect forms.

  5. Introduction The perfect is a suffixing verbal form adding endings onto the end of the verbal form. As we have learned with and etc. mostly translated into our past tense I guarded, you guarded The imperfect will be a prefixing verbal form with prefixes added to the front of the verbal form and often translated as a future. Hence we will get forms such as: (I will guard) and (you will guard).

  6. Qal Imperfect Morphology 1CS 1CP I will keep we will keep 2MS you (m.) will keep 2MP you (m.) will keep you (f.) will keep 3MP 2FS you (f.) will keep 2FP 3MS he will keep they (m.) will keep 3FS she will keep 3FP they (f.) will keep

  7. Qal Imperfect Chant 1CS 1CP 2MP 3MP 2MS 2FS 2FP 3MS 3FS 3FP

  8. Imperfect Prefixes and suffixes 1CS 1CP 2MP 2MS 2FS 2FP 3MP 3MS 3FS 3FP

  9. Attaching the preformatives Preformatives are generally attached with a req (exception: 1CS where a segh l is used) and the stem vowel is a lem which is reduced to a ev when a vocalic suffix is added (e.g. , , ) The lem is retained when the heavy suffix ending is added (e.g. ). There are two duplicate forms: 1) the 2MS = 3FS ( = you [m.] will keep and she will keep) and 2) the 2FP=3FP ( you [f.] will keep or they [f.] will keep).

  10. Paragogic Nun On occasion a Paragogic Nun is suffixed on the 3MP and 2MP imperfect verbal forms that both normally end in a req. It does not impact the meaning. Hence instead of for the 2MP is written or defectively as (you [m] will keep). Similarly, for the 3MP instead of it is sometimes is written as or defectively as .

  11. 8.D. A Few Other Regular Verbs to bless, praise to gather to remember to visit to write to approach to make a covenant to kill to rule to break to rule to judge

  12. Stative Verbs Fientive verbs are our normal verbs of action (e.g. he looked, she stood). Stative verbs describe a state of being You are strong. They can be classified according to the second vowel that is manifest when the 3MS perfect form or imperfect paradigms are examined: 1) Pata Stative, 2) er Stative or 3) lem Stative. They are formed normally in the Perfect paradigm except for the 3MS when the special root form is manifest as seen in the chart below.

  13. Stative Verbs In the Imperfect verbal forms, however, rather than the normal second stem vowel being a lem switches to a pata in all three cases without regard to the original root vowel in the stative verb form. Pata Stative er Stative to be heavy to be small to be wise to be old to be holy to be afraid to be strong lem Stative to be great to be able

  14. Pata Stative Paradigm: 1CS I am great 1CP we are great 2MS you(m.) are great 2MP you (m.) are great you (f.) are great 3MP they (m.) are great they (f.) are great 2FS you (f.) are great 2FP 3MS he is great 3FS she is great 3FP

  15. er Stative Paradigm: to be heavy, honor 1CS 1CP I am honored we are honored 2MS you (m.) are honored 2MP you (m.) are honored 2FS you (f.) are honored 2FP you (f.) are honored 3MS 3MP 3FP he is honored they (m.) are honored 3FS she is honored they (f.) are honored

  16. lem Stative Paradigm: 1CS 1CP 2MP I am small we are small 2MS you (m.) are small you (m.) are small 2FS 2FP you (f.) are small you (f.) are small 3MS 3MP he is small they (m.) are small 3FS 3FP she is small they (f.) are small

  17. 8.G. Negation: 3 ways to say no We have learned so far that is the most common way of saying a negative no. It is usually placed directly in front of the accompanying verb as a permanent prohibition as in the ten commandments thou shalt not . Secondly, or permanent but more limited to a specific context. is used in cases that are not Thirdly, or more frequently in the construct state is a substantive standing just before a noun that it negates ( nothing of the book is good Harris, p. 43).

  18. 8.H. Parsing form: Qal Impf. 2FS from meaning you (f.) will keep Qal Impf. 3MP from meaning they (m.) are honored

  19. 8.I. Chapter 8 Vocabulary List after, behind 618 no, not, nothing 694 to bless, praise 330 David 1,075 Moses 766

  20. 8.I. Chapter 8 Vocabulary List also, even, moreover 769 what? how? 757 to rule, be king 348 to visit, number, appoint 320 under, below 510

  21. 8.J. Speak: Lesson 8 Imperfects ? I feel like (lit. it comes to me) ice cream , Yes, how much is it? , I don t have any, I m sorry All right Enough/stop it Good-bye

  22. 7. I. Chapter 7 Vocabulary List good great much, many, great very (adv.), might (N.)

  23. 7. I. Chapter 7 Vocabulary List this (m.s. / f.s.) / face, front year heart, mind /

  24. 7. I. Chapter 7 Vocabulary List there, thither thus, so

  25. 6.L. Chapter 6 Vocabulary List spring, eye servant, slave Priest Egypt

  26. 6.L. Chapter 6 Vocabulary List Brother who, which, because Head Daughter

  27. 6.L. Chapter 6 Vocabulary List Water man, mankind, Adam

  28. 5.G. Chapter 5 Vocabulary List to, into, towards in, at, with, among, from like, as because, that, for, when

  29. 5.G. Chapter 5 Vocabulary List for, to, until, towards from, out of, because, since until, while, toward town, city

  30. 5.G. Chapter 5 Vocabulary List on, upon, above, over with

  31. Chapter 4 Vocabulary List son, descendant all, each, every way, road hand, forearm

  32. Chapter 4 Vocabulary List name behold! lo! soul, life heavens, sky

  33. Chapter 4 Vocabulary List to hear, listen, obey law, instruction

  34. Chapter 3 Vocabulary father, ancestor God, god to say house, palace, dynasty

  35. Chapter 3 Vocabulary to be, become, happen to remember, mention to write people

  36. Chapter 3 Vocabulary to slay, kill to keep, watch over, guard

  37. Chapter 2 Vocabulary land, earth, ground man, human woman, wife word, matter, thing

  38. Chapter 2 Vocabulary to go, walk Yahweh, Jehovah, LORD day, daylight, time Israel

  39. Chapter 2 Vocabulary no, not king, ruler, prince

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