Bit at a Time Bible Hebrew -- Genesis 3:9-10

Genesis 3:9-10

 

ט וַיִּקְרָא יְהוָֹה אֱלֹהִים אֶל־הָאָדָם וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ אַיֶּכָּה:

י וַיֹּאמֶר אֶת־קֹלְךָ שָׁמַעְתִּי בַּגָּן וָאִירָא כִּי־עֵירֹם אָנֹכִי וָאֵחָבֵא:

 

Translation:    **** Gd called to the man and said to him, where are you?

He said I heard your voice in the garden and I was afraid because I am naked and I hid.

 

Vocabulary in this lesson:

אַיֶּכָּה	Where are
שָׁמַעְתִּי	I heard
אִירָא	I was afraid
אָנֹכִי	I

 

Anokhi is a separate word for “I” besides ani. 

 

“To hear,” shm‘ is an extremely important and also fairly high-frequency word in Hebrew so here’s the conjugation.  The last letter, ayin, is one of those weak ones.

 

Present

Singular	Plural	Gender
שׁוֹמֵאַ	שׁוֹמְעִים	Masculine
שׁוֹמַעַת	שׁוֹמְעוֹת	Feminine

 

Past

Singular	Plural	Person/gender
שָׁמַעְתִּי	שָׁמַעְנוּ	First
שָׁמַעְתָּ	שְׁמַעְתֶּם	Second/masculine
שָׁמַעְתְּ	שְׁמַעְתֶּן	Second/feminine
שָׁמַע	שָׁמְעוּ	Third/masculine
שָׁמְעָה	שָׁמְעוּ	Third/feminine

 

Future/aorist

Singular	Plural	Person/gender
אֶשְׁמַע	נִשְׁמַע	First
תִּשְׁמַע	תִּשְׁמְעוּ	Second/masculine
תִּשְׁמְעִי	תִּשְׁמַעְנָה	Second/feminine
יִשְׁמַע	יִשְׁמְעוּ	Third/masculine
תְּשְׁמַע	תִּשְׁמַעְנָה	Third/feminine

 

Go back to lesson 61 on Genesis 2:15 and compare shmr with shm‘ for a real lesson on what it means when a verb has a weak letter at the end, as opposed to other locations. 

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