Thursday, January 8, 2015

Bit at a Time Bible Hebrew -- Genesis 2:14

Genesis 2:14
 
יד וְשֵׁם הַנָּהָר הַשְּׁלִישִׁי חִדֶּקֶל הוּא הַהֹלֵךְ קִדְמַת אַשּׁוּר וְהַנָּהָר הָרְבִיעִי הוּא פְרָת:
 
Transliteration: v’-shem ha-nahar ha-sh’lishi chideqel hu ha-holekh qidmat ashur v’-ha-nahar ha-r’vii hu frat.
Translation:     The name of the third river is Chideqel, it is the one that goes east of Ashur and the fourth river is Prat.
Vocabulary in this lesson:
הֹלֵךְ
Goes, walks
 
“Go, walk” is another high-frequency verb and has one of those weak letters so here is the conjugation.
 
Present
Singular
Plural
Gender
הוֹלֵךְ
הוֹלְכִים
Masculine
הוֹלֶכֶת
הוֹלְכוֹת
Feminine
 
Past
Singular
Plural
Person/gender
הָלַכְתִּי
הָלַכְנוּ
First
הָלַכתָּ
הָלַכְתֶּם
Second/masculine
הָלַכְתָּ
הָלַכְתֶּן
Second/feminine
הָלַךְ
הָלְכוּ
Third/masculine
הָלְכָה
הָלְכוּ
Third/feminine
 
Future/aorist
Singular
Plural
Person/gender
אֵלֵךְ
נֵלֵךְ
First
תֵּלֵךְ
תֵּלְכוּ
Second/masculine
תֵּלְכִי
תֵּלַכְנָה
Second/feminine
יֵלֵךְ
יֵלְכוּ
Third/masculine
תֵּלֵךְ
תֵּלַכְנָה
Third/feminine
 
You’ll also see halokh va-plus a verb, which means “kept doing X”. 

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