Bit at a time Bible Hebrew -- Genesis 1:18

Genesis 1:18

 

יח וְלִמְשֹׁל בַּיּוֹם וּבַלַּיְלָה וּלְהַבְדִּיל בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחשֶׁךְ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טוֹב:

 

Transliteration: Va-yiten otam elohim bi-rqia ha-shamaim l’hair al-ha-arets.

Translation:    Gd put them in the raqia of the heaven to shed light on the earth.

Letters in this lesson:

Vocabulary in this lesson:

לִמְשֹׁל

To control

 

This verb is going to be very important in chapter 4 in the story of Qain and Hevel.  For now, it’s a completely “regular” verb so let’s conjugate it completely.

 

Present

Singular	Plural	Gender
מֹשֵל	מֹשְלִים	Masculine
מֹשֶׁלֶת	מֹשְׁלוֹת	Feminine

 

Past

Singular	Plural	Person/gender
מָשַׁלְתִּי	מָשַׁלְנוּ	First
מָשַׁלְתָּ	מְשַלְתֶּם	Second/masculine
מָשַׁלְתְּ	מְשַלְתֶּן	Second/feminine
מָשַׁל	מָשְׁלוּ	Third/masculine
מָשְׁלָה	מָשְׁלוּ	Third/feminine

 

Future/aorist               

Singular	Plural	Person/gender
אֶמְשֹׁל	נִמְשֹׁל	First
תִּמְשֹׁל	תִּמְשְׁלוּ	Second/masculine
תִּמְשְׁלִי	תִּמְשֹׁלְנָה	Second/feminine
יִמְשֹׁל	יִמְשְׁלוּ	Third/masculine
תִּמְשֹׁל	תִּמְשֹׁלְנָה	Third/feminine

 

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