Thursday, November 30, 2017

21st Century Bible Hebrew -- Genesis 1:13, "do" perfect aspect

Genesis 1:13
 
יג וַיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם שְׁלִישִׁי:
 
Transliteration: Va-y’hi erev va-y’hi voqer yom shlishi.
Translation:     There must have been evening and there must have been morning, a third day.
Letters in this lesson:
 
Vocabulary in this lesson:
שְׁלִישִׁי
third
 
There’s nothing new here, folks.  Remember that the va-y’hi is a timing expression and notice that we are halfway to the end of this narrative.
 
Let’s move on to the perfect aspect of asah, “make, do,” in qal. Memorize this because you will see it a lot.  
 
Singular
Plural
Number/Gender
עָשִיתְי
עָשִינוּ
First person
עָשִיתָ
עֲשִיתֶם
Second person/masculine
עָשִית
עֲשִיתֶן
Second person/feminine
עָשָה
עָשוּ
Third person
עָשְתָה
עָשוּ
 
 
An easy pop quiz next time.

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