Thursday, May 14, 2015

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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