21st Century Bible Hebrew -- Genesis 2:10, yatsa

Genesis 2:10

 

י ווְנָהָר֙ יֹצֵ֣א מֵעֵ֔דֶן לְהַשְׁק֖וֹת אֶת־הַגָּ֑ן וּמִשָּׁם֙ יִפָּרֵ֔ד וְהָיָ֖ה לְאַרְבָּעָ֥ה רָאשִֽׁים:

 

Translation:     A river went out from Eden for the purpose of watering the garden; from there it separated and became four heads.

 

Vocabulary in this lesson:

נָהָר	river
יֹצֵא	Goes out
לְהַשְׁקוֹת	To water
שָּׁם	There (location, not “there is”)
יִפָּרֵד	separated
אַרְבָּעָה	Four (masculine)
רָאשִׁים	heads

 

Yatsa is a peh yod verb that drops the yod in imperfect; it is also lamed alef. It is a high-frequency verb so memorize this conjugation.

 

Progressive

Singular	Plural	Gender
יוֹצֵא	יוֹצְאִים	Masculine
יוֹצֵאת	יוֹצְאוֹת	Feminine

 

Perfect

 

Singular	Plural	Person/gender
יָצָאתִי	יָצָאנוּ	First
יָצָאתָ	יְצָאתֶם	Second/masculine
יָצָאת	יְצאתֶן	Second/feminine
יָצָא	יָצְאוּ	Third/masculine
יָצְאָה	יָצְאוּ	Third/feminine

 

Imperfect

 

Singular	Plural	Person/gender
אֵצאֵ	נֵצֵא	First
תֵּצֵא	תֵּצְאוּ	Second/masculine
תֵּצָאִי	תֵּצֶאנָה	Second/feminine
יֵצֵא	יֵצְאוּ	Third/masculine
תֵּצֵא	תֵּצֶאנָה	Third/feminine