21st Century Bible Hebrew -- Genesis 2:15, triply weak verb

Genesis 2:15

 

טו וַיִּקַּ֛ח יְהוָֹ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֑ם וַיַּנִּחֵ֣הוּ בְגַן־עֵ֔דֶן לְעָבְדָ֖הּ וּלְשָׁמְרָֽהּ:

 

Translation:     **** Gd took the man; He set him in Gan Eden for the purpose of working it and guarding it.
 

Vocabulary in this lesson:

יִּקַּח	He took
יַּנִּחֵהוּ	Set him
שָׁמְרָהּ	Guard it

 

All right.  I have to eat my words.  The verb yiqach in this lesson is irregular.  The root is lamed qof chet.  The verb “learn” is lamad and it keeps the lamed; the verb “dress” is lavash and it keeps the lamed.  Notice that laqach also has patach plus chet at the end so all those rules apply as well.

 

The next verb is a peh nun verb that has middle vav and final chet and that is really weird so let’s do that.  It’s in the hifil binyan and what aspect?  Plus it has an object suffix.

 

The first is the gerundive for prepositions and the second is the one that cannot take prepositions.

הַנִיחַ

הַנֵחַ

This is the imperfect aspect.

 

Singular	Plural	Person/gender
אַנִּיחַ	נַנִּיחַ	First
תַּנִּיחַ	תַּנִּיחוּ	Second/masculine
תַּנִּיחִי	תַּנַּחְנָה	Second/feminine
יַנִּיחַ	יַנִּיחוּ	Third/masculine
תַּנִּיחַ	תַּנַּחְנָה	Third/feminine

 

This is the perfect aspect.

 

Singular	Plural	Person/gender
הִנַּחְתִּי	הִנַּחְנוּ	First
הִנַּחתָּ	הִנַּחְתֶּם	Second/masculine
הִנַּחַת	הִנַּחְתֶּם	Second/feminine
הִנִּיחַ	הִנִּיחוּ	Third/masculine
הִנִּיחָה		Third/feminine

 

This is progressive aspect.

 

Singular	Plural	Person/gender
מַנִּיחַ	מַנִּיחִים	First
מַנִּיחָה	מַנִּיחוֹת	Second/masculine

 

The nun takes dagesh because of that short vowel in the preceding syllable, the patach under the mem and so  on.