Bit at a Time Bible Hebrew -- Genesis 2:11

Genesis 2:11

 

יא שֵׁם הָאֶחָד פִּישׁוֹן הוּא הַסֹּבֵב אֵת כָּל־אֶרֶץ הַחֲוִילָה אֲשֶׁר־שָׁם הַזָּהָב:

 

Transliteration: V’-nahar yotse me-eden l’hashqot et ha-gan umi-sham yipared v’-hayah l-arbaah rashim.

Translation:     A river went out from Eden to water the garden and from there it separated and became for four heads.

Vocabulary in this lesson:

שֵׁם	name
הוּא	He, it
הַסֹּבֵב	That surrounds
זָּהָב	gold

 

You have probably noticed that hu is the first pronoun you’ve seen so far that is a subject, AKA nominative.  That’s because the conjugations of verbs include indications of the person.  Here are all the subject pronouns.

 

Singular	Plural	Person/gender
אֲנִי	אֲנָחְנוּ	First
אַתָּה	אַתֶּם	Second/masculine
אַתְּ	אַתֶּן	Second/feminine
הוּא	הֶם	Third/masculine
הִיא	הֶן	Third/feminine

 

You already saw the direct object pronouns or accusative case in Lesson 28.  The indirect object or dative uses l from lesson 13.  The “instrumental” uses b from lessons 3-5, although it’s not usual to say “by means of me.”  I’ll cover the versions of “with” when we get to that word.  The genitive/possessive also uses l from lesson 13 and I’ll go over that when we get to an example.

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