The First Hebrew Book

The First Hebrew Book

Author: Arnold, Thomas Kerchever, 1800-1853

Year: 1851

CONTENTS s Introduction v11 CHAP. I. Reading and Orthography 2 § 1. The Letters ib. 2. Division of the Consonants 3 3. Long Vowels. Quiescent Letters. Syllables 5 4. Begadchephath Letters. Dagesh. Short Vowels 8 5. Sh'va 10 6. The Semi-vowels 13 7. On Syllables 14 8. On distinguishing Kamets Khatuph from Kamets, and Long Kliirek from Short Khirek 16 9. Further Remarks on the Vowels. Diphthongs 17 10. On Verbal Roots, and on the Derivation of Nouns 20 11. On the Derivation of Nouns 24 12. The Accents 27 II. § 1. The definite Article 33 2. The Perfect and Imperfect of Kal 34 III. §1. Gender of Substantives. Adjectives 38 2. Formation of the Plural 41 3. Participles of Kal with their feminine and plural forms 46 4. The Dual Number 48 5. The Construct State (Status constructus) 50 IV. § 1. Suffixes denoting Possession 53 2. Prepositions denoting the Relations of Case 60 3. Other prepositional Prefixes. Vav 67 V. Modes of expressing the Comparative and Superlative 67 VI. § 1. Numerals. 1. The ten first Cardinal Numbers 69 2. The Cardinals continued. Ordinals 73 VII. The Pronouns 79 § 1. Personal Pronouns ib. 2. Demonstrative and Interrogative Pronouns. Demonstrative Pronouns 84 3. Relat