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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