Bit at a Time Bible Hebrew -- Vocabulary Review 1

וְ	and, or, continuation particle
אֵת	direct object particle
אֱלֹהִים	Gd
יֹּאמֶר		he said
שָּׁמַיִם	heaven
בְּ	on, in, at, by (swear by), with (by means of), against
הַ, הָ	the
הָיְתָה	was (f.s.)
עַל	on, over, above
עַל־פְּנֵי	above
בְּרֵאשִׁית	at the beginning
בֹהוּ	chaotic
בָּרָא	created
חשֶׁךְ	dark, darkness
תְהוֹם	depths
אָרֶץ	earth, land, world
תֹהוּ	empty
פְּנֵי	face, construct state, masculine plural
יְהִי		Let X exist
אוֹר		light
רוּחַ	spirit, wind
מְרַחֶפֶת	waft, 3rd f. s., piel form (repetitive)

 

You have to memorize the words above the line.  You will see them over and over and you need to recognize them quickly when you see them.

 

Now a vowel I didn’t talk about before.  It’s under the alef of elohim, “Gd.”  Part of it looks like a shva and the other part like a segol.  There are three vowels like this; ignore the shva part and go by the other part when you pronounce it.  So that’s why you say this word elohim. 


Next week: Genesis 1:4

 

Dagesh review.  In the Hebrew for “face,” which letter has dagesh and what difference does it make, if any?

 

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