Bit at a Time Bible Hebrew -- Genesis 2:19

Genesis 2:19

 

יט וַיִּצֶר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהִים מִן־הָאֲדָמָה כָּל־חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה וְאֵת כָּל־עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וַיָּבֵא אֶל־הָאָדָם לִרְאוֹת מַה־יִּקְרָא־לוֹ וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר יִקְרָא־לוֹ הָאָדָם נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה הוּא שְׁמוֹ:

 

Transliteration: va-yitser **** elohim min-ha-adamah kal-chayat ha-sadeh v-et kal-of ha-shamaim va-yave el-ha-adam lirot mah-yiqra-lo v’-khol asher yiqra-lo ha-adam nefesh chayah, hu sh’mo.

Translation:    **** Gd formed from the earth all wild animals and all flyers of the sky and brought [them] to the man to see what he would call them and everything that the man called them, a living soul, that was its name.

Vocabulary in this lesson:

לִרְאוֹת	To see
יָּבֵא	Brought, causative of “come”

 

Here is the conjugation of “come, go” because it is an extremely common verb, whilc “bring” is not.  The root of “come, go” is bet vav alef. 

 

The difference between the feminine third singular present and past is that in the past tense, the stress is on the first syllable and in the present tense, the stress is on the last syllable.  Normally the stress in Hebrew words is on the last syllable, but in a past tense verb it is on the next to last syllable and that’s the only thing that distinguishes the feminines in this verb.

 

We are now at the end of the second aliyah.  Go to the Navigating the Bible page and listen to the Second Reading for Bereishit.

http://bible.ort.org/books/torahd5.asp?ACTION=displayid&id=35

 

Present

Singular	Plural	Gender
בָּא	בָּאיִם	Masculine
בָּאָה	בָּאוֹת	Feminine

 

Past

Singular	Plural	Person/gender
בָּאתִי	בָּאנוּ	First
בָּאתָ	בָּאתֶם	Second/masculine
בָּאתְ	בָּאתֶן	Second/feminine
בָּא	בָּאוּ	Third/masculine
בָּאָה	בָּאוּ	Third/feminine

 

Future/aorist

Singular	Plural	Person/gender
אָבוֹא	נָבוֹא	First
תָּבאוֹ	תָּבוֹאוּ	Second/masculine
תָּבאִי	תָּבוֹאנָה	Second/feminine
יָבוֹא	יָבוֹאוּ	Third/masculine
תָּבוֹא	תָּבוֹאנָה	Third/feminine

 

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