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Hebrew Nouns are divided
into three classes:
• Primitive nouns
• Most nouns have been
derived from verbs
• Some nouns are derived from
other nouns
Verb
%a;l'
!t;n"
~Wq
jp;v'
Be in
accordance
To give
Arise
To judge
Noun
%a;l.m;
!t;n"
~Aqm'
jP'v.mi
Messenger
A gift
A place
Judgment
The
m prefix often changes the
verb into a noun
jp;v'
To judge
t
jP'v.mi
Judgment
The prefix can do this, too
Verb
dl;y"
Give birth
For a child will be
born to us (Isaiah
9:6)
Noun
hd'l.AT
Generations
This is the account of
the heaven and the
earth (Genesis 2:4)
Verb
bv;y"
To sit or
dwell
Now the Canaanite
and the Perizzite
were dwelling then
in the land (Genesis
13:7)
Noun
bv'AT
Sojourner
A sojourner or a hired
servant shall not eat of
it. (Exodus 12:45).
Masculine
Nouns
Singular
Plural
Dual
Feminine
Nouns
sWs hr'AT
~ysiWs twOrAT
~yIs;Ws ~yIt;r'AT
Feminine
• Nouns referring to feminine persons
or animals will be feminine
• Nouns ending in
will normally be
feminine in gender
• Nouns ending in will normally be
feminine in gender
• Nouns that refer to parts of the body
that exist in pairs are usually feminine
h"
t
• Irregular Feminine Nouns
#r,[,
ry[i
ba'
-
-
~t'cor>a;
~yrI[i
twOba'
• Irregular Feminine Nouns
• Dual Nouns
– Regularly indicate two of a pair
dy"
~yId;y"
“Hand”
“Hands”
• Irregular Feminine Nouns
• Dual Nouns
– Regularly indicate two of a pair
– Some words are always dual in
form
- Heavens
~yIm;v'
~yIr;c.m
- Egypt
• Irregular Feminine Nouns
• Dual Nouns
– Regularly indicate two of a pair
– Some words are always dual in
form
- Water
~yIm;
• Irregular Feminine Nouns
• Dual Nouns
• Irregular stem changes
vyai (Man)
~yv;n>a](Men)
hV'ai (Woman)
~yvin" (Women)
Synonyms
A synonym is one of a group of
words that share the same basic
meaning, but with completely
different spellings and sounds.
• Baby and Infant
• Student and Pupil
• Smart and Intelligent
Synonyms
What are the different Hebrew
words that are translated “man?”
In what ways are they distinctive?
vyai
~d'a' vAna/
Homonyms
A homonym is one of a group of
words that share the same
spelling or pronunciation (or both)
but have different meanings.
• Trunk
• Two, too, to
Homonyms
And the man and
his wife were both
naked and were
not ashamed.
(Genesis 2:25)
Now the serpent
was more crafty
than any beast of
the field which the
LORD God had
made.
(Genesis 3:1)
Which word in the Hebrew is a Homonym?
~Wr['
yn"doa]
Lord
!Ada' or !doa'
xa'
Brother
vyai
Man
vAna
Contracted form of
/
hv'ai
Woman
tB;
Daughter
ywOG
Nation
%r,D,
Way, Road, Journey
%r;D' B To walk, travel
rh;
Mountain, Hill
(full form
rr'h' B Mountain
of the word)
!heKo
Priest
ble
Heart
bb'le B Heart (full form
of the word)
~yIm;
Water
Vp,n<
Soul
vp;n
B Refresh, catch your
breath
"
aybin"
Prophet
ab'n" B To prophesy
rp,se
Book, Scroll
rp;s' B To count
!yI[;
Eye
ry[i
City
ab'c'
Host, army
When used as a verb: To
make war, serve
lwOq
Voice, sound
varo
Head
hr'AT
Law
Instruction
hr'y" B To throw, pour
In Hiphil stem, “to teach”