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Reminder about the forms of אִשָּׁה . The root of the word is the same as that of "person" — אנ״שׁ (alef-nun-shin). In the singular absolute, the nun assimilates into the shin: אנ״שׁ > *אִנְשָׁה > אִשָּׁה We would expect the construct of *אִשַּׁת , but this isn't what happens to it. It bec...

This is the exercise that I did quickly without talking during our session last night. I figured I would use the forum to talk through it with you. And the Lᴏʀᴅ said unto him: ‘Wherefore speakest thou thus? Thy wife, Sarah, will bear thee a son and he will walk in thy ways and I shall bless him.’ We...

Is there anything that surprises you from the reading in Arnold and Choi?

Is there anything that doesn't make sense or needs clarification?

Anything that you were already aware of but that was confirmed or clarified?

Let's hear what you think about what you are reading.

Hey, guys. Jonathan has asked that we look over Arnold & Choi §4.1 on prepositions as preparation for Thursday's lesson. Also, go ahead and start looking at the second composition and reading through the notes. It's a great idea to read through the notes before beginning your composition so that...

Any order I type the letter and dagesh, this is what happens, looks right to me in the composer screen. I hadn't even noticed it was different than normal, but I can see it now. בּ ---- letter / + sign ּב ---- + sign / letter Both of those instances look fine. You should always place the diacritica...

You wrote: וְשָׁלַחְתִּי עַל הֵם וְעַל־פְּרִי אַדְמָתָם Yes... See that the conditional uses if with the future (imperfect) for the protasis and then the vav-consecutive perfect for the apodosis. Perfect! אִם יַעַבְדוּ... וְעָשׂוּ... וְשָׁלַחְתִּי — "If they serve... and do... then I will send...

Here's my 8. It took nearly 4 hours (not in one sitting). This is waaaay too long. How could I work faster? I think that if we had done more English-to-Hebrew work before this, it would have come along a bit more easily. It's like trying to do exercises for the first time. If you've never lifted we...

I split this to a new thread. Don't be afraid to open the threads!

https://www.thehebrewcafe.com/courses/j ... ionary.pdf

This is the dictionary at the end of Weingreen's Composition. It might help you to have it as a separate file.