BBH2 Vocabulary - Reading Biblical Hebrew



The following mnemonics were generated by many people. Whenever you catch errors or have ideas for better mnemonics, please use the feedback page at . Thanks!Unless otherwise marked, nouns that end in ???, ???, ???, ????, or ???? are feminine.Words marked [M] are masculine nouns that look like they have a feminine ending.Unless otherwise marked, singular nouns that have no ending or end in ??? are masculine.Words marked [F] are feminine nouns that do not end in ??? in the singular.Words marked [M/F] are sometimes feminine and sometimes masculine.Chapter 3 – Syllabification and PronunciationTransliterationMnemonicMeaningWord?ādām?ādām was a manman, mankind, Adam??????ere?Grow carrots in the ?ere? (ground).land, earth, ground[F]????????lōh?mGod, gods?????????āb?ābi-melek means ‘my father [is/was] king’.?āb-ba, fatherfather, ancestor????ēlbêt-?ēl is the ‘house of God’God, god???bēnbēn-yām?n is the ‘son of my right (hand)’son????bayit[its construct form (ch10) bêt is used in many city names:bêt-?ēl= house of God, bêt-le?em = house of bread]house, household???????dābārword, matter, thing??????y?my?m Qippur = Day of Atonementday????yi?rā?ēlIsrael??????????[See §36.5 in the textbook. Pronounce it y?r??ālayim.]Jerusalem?????????????y?r??ālayimJerusalem??????????????yhwh[Traditional pronunciation ??????? ?dōnāy. See §36.5.]Yahweh, Lord[M]??????mi?rayim[note that Ra is the Egyptian sun god]Egypt??????????mō?ê[Nouns that end in ??? are masculine]Moses??????melek?ābi-melek means ‘my father [is/was] king’.king, ruler???????s?sThe capital city s?s-a might have had lots of horses.horse?????ebed?ebed-nego (Abendigo) means ‘servant of the shining one’slave, servant??????par??Pharaoh?????????ān?rō?? Ha-?ān? = Head of the yearyear???????ēmHe felt a-?ēm-ed of his name and reputation.name, reputation????Chapter 4 – Hebrew NounsTransliterationMnemonicMeaningWord??dōnāyLord????????ād?n?ā-d?nt [I don’t] have a lord and masterlord, master???????ā?brother????a??mbrothers[plural of ???]???????????? [Ish!] a man or husband has cooties!man, husband???????nā??m[plural of ?????]Real men are ??nā??m(ed) (unashamed).[To distinguish from ??????? ‘women’, remember ‘alpha male’]men, husbands??????????i???Gen 2:23, Adam said, “She will be called ??????? because she was taken from ?????”woman, wife???????nā??m[plural of ???????]women, wives ???????batbat-mi?w? means ‘daughter of commandment’.[This feminine noun has the feminine ending ??]daughter[F]????bān?t[plural of ????]daughters???????g?yJewish people sometimes refer to non-Jewish people as ‘g?y’ or ‘goyim’.nation, people?????derekThat oil derek [derrick] in the road is in the way of our journeyway, road, journey[M/F]????????har‘Armageddon’ might be har-Megiddo, “hill of Megiddo.”This mountain is har(d).mountain, hill, hill country???hār?m[plural of ???]mountains, hills??????kōhēnpriest??????lēblēb [leave] my heart, mind, and willheart, mind, will???lēbābheart, mind, will?????mayimwater??????nep?e?soul, life, person, neck, throat[F]???????nāb??prophet??????sēp?era book is sēp?er [safer] in the librarybook, scroll, document???????ayineye, spring[F]???????ênayim[Dual of ??????]eyes[F]???????????rShe has the ??r [ear] of the city and towncity, town[F]?????ār?m[plural of ????]cities, towns[F]???????ābā?See ???????? belowhost, army, war, service???????bā??tThe hymn “A mighty fortress is our God” contains the lyrics: “Lord ??bā??t His name.”‘Lord Sabaoth’ is ???? ????????, which can be translated “Lord of Armies”[Masculine Plural of ?????]hosts, armies, wars????????q?lthe sound of your voice will q?l [call] me.Nat King q?l [Cole] has a great voice.voice, sound, noise????rō??head, top, chief?????t?r?law, instruction, teaching, custom????????āb?t[plural of ???]fathers??????bātt?m[plural of ???????]houses?????????bān?m[plural of ????]sons???????yām?m[plural of ????] [Distinguish from ??????? ‘seas’]days??????The last 4 words are irregular plurals listed in section §4.8.5, which are the plurals of vocabulary words from chapter 3. The other plurals in section §4.8.5 are the plurals of vocabulary words from chapter 4, and hence already in the list.Chapter 5 – Definite Article and Conjunction WawTransliterationMnemonicMeaning?Word??ē??ē? [ash] is from fire.fire[F]????hêkāltemple, palace??????w?and, but, also, even, then??zāhābI zāhāb gold. [I is half gold]gold??????ereb?ereb [Arab] swordsword[F]???????ayliving, alive????ayy?mSong in Fiddler on the Roof:“Le ?ayy?m” = “To?Life!”life, lifetime???????yeledDon’t yeled the child!child, boy, youth??????yāmyām(y) [yummy] sea water.sea???yamm?m[plural of ???][To distinguish from ?????? ‘days’, think of the Dagesh in ?? as a boat in the sea.]seas???????kesep?The kesep? [case of] silversilver, money???????k?k? [go] here!thus, here????māq?mthe place where I put māq?m [my comb].place, location??????mi?pā?The police dog didn’t mi?pā? [overlook marijuana], so they had judgment for breaking the law.judgment, decision, ordinance, law, custom, manner?????????mizbēa?mizbēa? (Ms. Beah) [bear] on the altaraltar?????????n??umn??um [Nahum] has a revelation.utterance, announcement, revelation???????lāmThat ??lām [alarm] has been going forever!forever, everlasting, ancient???????ānānclouds made them ?ānān(ymous).clouds, cloud mass?????r?a?spirit, wind, breath[F]??????arThe ?ar [Tsar] is the ruler.The name ?arah [??????] means ‘princess’.chief official, ruler, prince?????a?ara ?a?ar [shower] gategate????????āmayimheaven, sky?????????Chapter 6 – Hebrew PrepositionsTransliterationMnemonicMeaningWord?a?ar?a?ar! – behind you!after, behind??????a??rêafter, behind????????ēt / ?et-I ?ēt lunch with/beside my friendspreposition: with, besideparticle: definite direct object marker??? / ?????el / ?el-to, toward, in, into??? / ????bên????? has a Yod between. ???? ‘son’ does not.between??????bên= ?? + ?????and between??????b?Gen 1:1 ???????????? ‘in the beginning’in, at, with, by, against???b?t?k= ??? + ???????? = in + middlein the middle of, inside????????tāwektāwek [to whack] it in the middlenoun: middle, center?????????okm?[The vowel under ? is Qamets Hatuf]wisdom, skill???????k?as, like, according to???kōlkōl-lect [collect] them allall, each, every????kol[Qamets Hatuf] [Construct form. Chapt 10]all of, each of, every one of?????lip?nê= ?? + ?????? = to + face ofbefore, in front of[‘before’ can be space or time]???????l?to, toward, for??l?ma?anon account of l?ma?an [the man]on account of, for the sake of????????min / min-min(us) this from thatfrom, out of??? / ????ma?alHe’s above, on top of the ma?al [Mall]above, upward, on top of??????mimma?al= ??? + ??????(from) above, (from) on top of?????????mi?w?bat-mi?w? is ‘daughter of commandment’commandment???????mi?wōt[?? is not Holem Waw because ? has shewa][plural of ???????]????????ad?ad far asuntil, as far as, during????al?al [All] hands on deck!on, upon, on account of, according to????al-d?bar= ??? + ?????? = on account of + a thing.because of, on account of???????????imwith ?im [him]with, together with???pêo-pê-n your mouthmouth, opening?????ādê[Nouns that end in ??? are masculine]field, pasture land??????ta?atIt’s ta?at [too hot] under here.under, below, instead of???????Chapter 7 – Hebrew AdjectivesTranslit.MnemonicMeaningWord?e?ād?e?ād [I had] oneone?????gād?lgād?l [ga Dole] bananas are great, big, largegreat, big, large???????daldal(it) are poor, weak, and needy.[Geminate adjective]poor, weak, needy????zāqēnzāqēn [the cane] is for old folks.[In chapter 13, this is a verb meaning ‘to be(come) old’]adjective: oldnoun: elder[ch13: to be(come) old]??????ākām?ākām [how come] you are wise?wise, skillful, experienced???????bMazel-??b “congratulations” is literally good-star (good luck)[In chapter 18, this is a verb meaning ‘to be good, etc.’good, pleasant[ch18: to be good, etc.]????yāp?êyāp?ê [You’re fair] and beautiful.beautiful?????yā?ārThe book of yā?ār [Jashar] (Josh 10:13; 2 Sam 1:18) is the book of the upright. yā?ār you bet’cha he’s upright!upright, just, level, straight??????kēnkēn murdered, thus Abel died.so, thus?????al-kēntherefore????????m??ōdm??ōd [ma’ owed] very much.very, exceedingly?????m??a?m??a? [Matt] has littlelittle, few??????att?Atah last! [at last].?att? boy, now you’ve got it at last!now, after all, at?last, then???????add?qrighteous, just, innocent???????qōde?[This is segholate, so it can’t be an adjective]holiness, something that is holy???????qād??holy, set apart???????qā?ōnA qā?ōn [kitten] is small and young.small, young, insignificant?????qār?bqār?b [carob] is close to him.near, close??????qā?êqā?ê [cash] is difficultdifficult, hard, severe??????rā??qdistant, remote, far?away??????rabIn Isa 36:2, the king of Assyria sent the rab-shakeh (the great high one) to convince king Hezekiah to surrender.Toyota made a great many Rav4’s.[Geminate adjective]great, many???ra?One shouldn’t cheer or say ‘ra?!’ for evil.[Geminate adjective]ra? (the Egyptian sun god) is evil.bad, evil, wicked???rā?ā?was rā?ā? [Russia] wicked?wicked, guilty????????r??r [Cher] is singing a song.song[ch27: to sing]?????Chapter 8 – Hebrew PronounsTransliterationMnemonicMeaningWord?ōheltent???????a?ēr?a?ēr [A hair] from another woman on his shirtother, another, foreign??????êkHow could you? My heart ?êk(es)!how???????êk?How could you? My heart ?êk?(s)!how????????elep?The ?elep?(ant) weighs a thousand pounds.thousand?????????erShe gave ???er [a share] to the one who asked.who, whom, that, which??????ka???er= ??? + ?????? = as + that asas, when?????????b?hēm?the animal b?hēm?(th) is in Job 40:5 animal(s), beast(s), cattle????????gamAre you also gam(e)?also, even????dām(A)dām(’s) blood lineblood????h?h? [Huh?]interrogative particle???āh?rclean, pure??????k?But that is indeed, truly the k?.that, because, but, except, indeed, truly????k?-?im= ???? + ??? = but + if butbut, except, only????????k?s?lk?s?l [seal] your lips, fool!fool, shameless person???????lāmm?Why did that lāmm? spit on me?why????????lām?Why did that lām? spit on me?why??????m?What, m? [ma]?what????madd?a?why?????????m?Who? m? [me]?who?????ān?Little Orphan ?ān? [Annie] was poor & afflicted.????? ????? = I am poor, humble, and afflicted.poor, humble, afflicted??????emenoil, fat????????ōp?ē??ōp?ē? [show fate] = what a judge doesone who judges, a judge??????Independent personal pronouns and demonstratives from chapter 8 are listed on the next page.Students in my classes are responsible for them as vocabulary items.Chapter 8 Continued – The Pronouns and DemonstrativesThese are the independent personal pronouns and demonstratives from chapter 8.Students in my classes are responsible for these as vocabulary items.TransliterationParsingMeaningWord??n?1csI??????ānōk?1csI????????att?2msyou (ms)???????att2fsyou (fs)?????h??3mshe, it, that????h??3fsshe, it, that??????na?n?1cpwe???????????attem2mpyou (mp)???????attēn?2fpyou (fp)?????????hēm3mpthey (m), those (m)???hēmm?3mpthey (m), those (m) NOTEREF _Ref328464233 \* MERGEFORMAT 2???????hēn3fpthey (f), those (f)[ch9: behold! if]???hēnn?3fpthey (f), those (f) NOTEREF _Ref328464233 \* MERGEFORMAT 2???????zêmsthis (m)???zō?tfsthis (f)?????ēllêcpthese???????Chapter 9 – Hebrew Pronominal SuffixesTransliterationMnemonicMeaningWord??or????ayinThere are not any; ?ayin(‘t) [I ain’t] got any.there is not, there are not???????ênThere are not any; I ?ên(’t) got any.there is not, there are not?????ap?cut his nose ?ap? [off]?ap?(ten) [often] anger[Its homograph ??? in chapter 15 means also, indeed, even]nostril, nose; anger[ch15: also, indeed, even]????appayim[dual of ???]nostrils?????????bōqerbōqer [poke her] this morning.bōqer T Washington got up early in the morning.morning???????bāqārship cattle bāqār [by car]cattle, herd??????b?rāk?Jeremiah’s scribe’s name, b?rāk? [Baruch], means ‘blessed’.blessing, gift????????hēnBehold! If you do something hēn(ous), you’ll be in trouble.[Its homograph ??? in chapter 8 means they (f), those (f)]behold! if[ch8: they (f), those (f)]???hinnêbehold!???????a??ā?tyou sin if you don’t take your ?a??ā?t [off]sin, sin offering[F]???????yē?yē?, there arethere is, there are????ye?-[Maqqef form of ????][With a Maqqef, long E ? short E ?]there is, there are?????kāb?dIn 1 Sam 4:21, a baby was named (I)kāb?d (‘where is glory?’) because the ark was captured.glory, splendor, honor, abundance???????k?l?k?l?(n) [clean] out the vessel.Put the k?l?(flower) in the vessel.vessel, implement, weapon??????le?embêt-le?em means ‘house of bread’.bread, food??????l?badl?bad me alone!l?bad [love had] them be not alonealone, by oneself?????mi?pā??I mi?pā?? [miss papa] in our family.family, clan???????????mil?ām?The mil?ām? (military Hummer) is for war.war, battle, struggle?????????sāb?bsāb?b [savvy] people are aware of what happens around them.around, about, surroundings, circuit???????amThe “I ?am” made all people.people????ē??ē? [It’s] wood. Those g?ē? [gates] are woodtree, wood???Pronominal suffixes from chapter 9 are listed on the next page.Students in my classes are responsible for them as vocabulary.Chapter 9 Continued – The Pronominal SuffixesTreat the following pronominal suffixes from chapter 9 as vocabulary.Be able to parse (including the type) and translate them.ParsingTranslationSuffix1cstype 1my ??1cstype 1my????1cstype 2my ??2mstype 1your (ms) ???2mstype 2your (ms) ?????2fstype 1your (fs) ????2fstype 2your (fs) ??????3mstype 1his???3mstype 1his ????3mstype 2his ???3fstype 1her ???3fstype 1her ???3fstype 2her ?????1cptype 1our ?????1cptype 2our ??????2mptype 1your (mp) ????2mptype 2your (mp) ?????2fptype 1your (fp) ????2fptype 2your (fp) ?????3mptype 1their (mp) ??3mptype 1their (mp)????3mptype 2their (mp) ?????3fptype 1their (fp) ??3fptype 1their (fp)????3fptype 2their (fp) ?????Chapter 10 – Hebrew Construct ChainTransliterationMnemonicMeaningWord?ebenSong: “Here I raise mine ?eben-ezer” = stone of help.a stone ?eben [oven]stone[F]?????? ??dām???dām? [Adam] is from the groundground, land, earth??????? ?ōyēb?ōyēb [oh, you have] an enemy ?enemy?????bā?ārIt’s bā?ār [bizzare] to eat meat with the skin on.flesh, meat, skin??????? b?r?tMoses b?r?t(ed) [berated] them for b?r?t(ing) [breaking] the covenant.[FS is marked by the ??? ending]covenant[F]???????g?b?lthe border of the territory of the g?b?lborders g?b?l [get full]border, boundary, territory????????ayilThe Nazi army said ‘?ayil Hitler’.[This is NOT a segholate noun because the diphthong ???? is one syllable, not two. §3.10]strength, wealth, army???????esed?esed [he said] he has loyalty, faithfulness, steadfast love, and lovingkindness.loyalty, faithfulness, steadfast?love, lovingkindness???????ōde?We’ll have a hoe-down dish [this] month.month, new moon???????yādA yād [yard] in my handhand; side, power[F]???yād?t[plural of ???]hands??????māwetmāwet [went] to heaven upon her death.[This is a MS noun. The ?? ending is unaccented, so it is not the FS ending.][It is not segholate because ???? is a diphthong]death, dying[M]??????m?t[MS construct of ??????] [general rule: ???? ??]death of????ma??êWhat’s the ma??ê with your tribe’s staff?[Nouns that end in ??? are masculine]staff, rod, tribe??????midbārwilderness, desert, pasture??????????dI ??d him money again.again, still, as long as?????ētthe ?ēt [eighth] timetime, point of time[F]????ōl??ōl?(caust) [holocaust] = a burnt offeringwhole burnt offering?????pān?m[This is plural, but it means ‘face’ not ‘faces’.][The lexical form (singular) ?????? never occurs.]face, front???????p?nêIn Genesis 32:30 Jacob called the place p?nê -el because he saw the face [??????] of God [???][construct of ???????]face of, front of???????ō?na flock of sheep and goats in my ?ō?n [zone]a flock on (i)?ō?n [its own]flock(s),flock of sheep and goats????reg?elthe reg?el [regal] foot of a king.foot[F]??????kol-[construct of ????][This form was listed in chapter 6, but it is repeated here because this is when we know what ‘construct form’ means]all of, each of, every one of???????b?[construct of ???]father of?????????[construct of ???]brother of??????ē?et[construct of ???????]wife of???????Chapter 11 – Hebrew NumbersTransliterationMnemonicMeaningWord?amm??amm? [ah, ma]! I hurt my forearm![????? ‘female slave’ vs. ?????? Dagesh in forearm]cubit, forearm???????ēm?ēm [aim] to please your mothermother[F]???beg?edThe beg?ed -ar [beggar] had little clothing.He beg?ed for baggy clothes.clothing, garment, covering???????zera?Is zera? [there a] seed in there?zera? [Sarah] bore Abraham’s seed.seed, offspring, descendants???????ā?ēr?ā?ēr [hot-air] in the courtyard and village.courtyard, village, settlement?????layl?[This is a masculine singular noun. The ?? ending on this word is unaccented, so it is not the fs noun marker.]night[M]????????lākēntherefore?????m??ēdWe need m??ēd [mo’ aid] at the appointed time at the meeting place/assembly.appointed time (of feast), meeting place, assembly??????ma??nêCJ ma??nê has a church camp and an army of Sovereign Grace churches.[Nouns that end in ??? are masculine]camp, army???????mal?ākMalachi ?????????? mal?āk[i] ‘my messenger’ is the last messenger in the Old Testamentmessenger, angel????????ma???êI have ma???ê(ve) amounts of work to do.[Nouns that end in ??? are masculine]work, deed, act????????na?arThere is na?ar(y) [nary] a youth or servant here.boy, youth, servant??????na??l?na??l? [not a lot] of possessions.Did you get a big inheritance? na??l? [not a lot]inheritance, property, possession????????āwōn?āwōn [Avon] is a transgression.Who can atone for my ?āwōn (transgression)?transgression, iniquity, guilt, punishment (of sin)?????qerebTake qereb [care of] your organs and body.inner part(s), organ(s), body??????b?qereb= ??? + ?????? = in + inner part(s)in the middle of, among?????????raqHe should use a pan, but however he still only put it on the raq [rack].only, still, but, however????āl?mpeace, welfare, wholeness, deliverance????????āmThere was a ?ām [sham] there, then, at that time.there, then, at that time????tām?dtām?d [Tammy] is continually herecontinually???????Chapter 12 – Introduction to Hebrew VerbsTransliterationMnemonicMeaningWord?ākaleat ?ākal [a cal = a calorie][1G]to eat, consume??????āmar?āmar(riage) begins when you say ‘I do!’[1G]to say, mention, think?????hālakhālak [a lack] of walking[1G]to go, walk, behave, die, pass away??????hāy?Be a karate kid; say hay-yah!Related to ???? ‘I am’[1G, 3?]to be, become, happen, occur?????yā?ā?In yā?ā? [Yatzee], the dice come out[1Yod , 3?]to go out, go forth, come out, come forth?????yā?abSit down when yā?ab [ya shave].yā?ab [yes have] a seat.[1Yod]to sit (down), remain, dwell, inhabit??????nātannātan-el means ‘Gift of God’[1Nun]to give, put, set??????ā???ā?? [a saw] makes things.???????? means ‘deed’.[1G, 3?]????? ?????? = [King] Asa did, made, and created.to do, make, create??????rā??Cheer “rā??” when you see it.[2G, 3?]to see, perceive, understand??????ābatrest on ?ābat [the Sabbath]to stop, cease, rest???????āma?The ?āma? [Shema] is “Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.”[3??]to hear, listen to, understand, obey????????r?n??r?n [Aaron] with the ark.The ark was ??r?n [alone].ark, chest, coffin??????min??a min?? is an offering (Greek coin Lk 19)gift, offering, tribute????????abbātSabbath, period of rest????????akSurely only ?ak[ach]med canonly, surely, nevertheless?????alSing “???, ???, not, no.”??? & ??? both have ? which looks like X for ‘no’Distinguish from ??? ‘on’, where the ? looks like a shovel for shoveling stuff ‘on’no, not????im?im(agine) if …if???lō?Sing “???, ???, not, no.”??? & ??? both have ? which looks like X for ‘no’no, not???Chapter 13 Qal Perfect – Strong VerbsTransliterationMnemonicMeaningWordbārakJeremiah’s scribe bārak [Baruch] is blessed.???????? = blessing.bārak Obama’s name means blessing[2?]to bless???????zākarWhere is zākar. [the car]? Remember![????? ‘man, male’ (ch25) has different vowels]to remember, recall, call to mind, mention?????zāqēnWhen you are old, you need zāqēn [the cane][In chapter 7 this is the noun ‘elder’ and the adjective ‘old’][Tsere stative]to be(come) old[ch7: adjective ‘old’;noun ‘elder’]??????āzaq?āzaq [Ha Zach]! You’re strong![Patach stative]to be(come) strong, grow?firm, have courage?????yāda?yāda?-yāda?-yāda?. I know that already![1Yod, 3??]to know, know?sexually, have?understanding?????kābēd??????? = glory, honor, possessions[Tsere stative]to be heavy, be honored??????kātabThe kātab(im) (??????????) are the writings.to write (upon) register, record??????mālē?To be full after a mālē? [Malay] feast.In the mālē? [melee], the ring was full.[3?, Tsere stative]to be full, fill?????mālak??????? is kingto be(come) king or queen, reign, rule??????mā?ā?Find the hidden mā?ā? [matzo] at Passover[3?]to find (out), reach, obtain?????pāqadCaptain Jean Luc pāqad [Picad] likes to visit the planets and to number them.to attend, pay attention to, take care of, number, appoint, visit???????ākabto lie down, have sexual intercourse???????āla?Stretch out something before putting a ?āla? [shellac] on it.[3??]to send, stretch out???????āmarImagine a ?āmar(uai) guarding a palace.to watch (over), guard, keep, observe, protect??????Chapter 14 Qal Perfect – Weak VerbsTransliterationMnemonicMeaningWordb??Enter with your b??[biconsonantal, 3?]to go in, enter, come to?????bān?Build with bān?(nas)[3?]to build (up), build (establish) a family??????yāladBear a child (??????)[1Yod]to bring forth, bear?????yārē?Fear yārē? [the ray] of the sun.[1Yod, 2?, 3?, Tsere stative]to fear, be afraid, be?in?awe?of?????yāradyārad [Ya’ rath]er go down hill.[1Yod , 2?]to go down, come down, descend?????lāqa?Take lāqa? [la-cache][3??]to take, grasp, capture, seize, lay hold of?????m?tIt’s m?t [moot] if you die.[Distinguish this from ???? ‘death of’, which is the construct of ??????; see the vocabulary for ch 10.][biconsonantal, Tsere stative]to die????nāp?alDo‘nāp?al [Don’ fall!][1Nun]to fall, fall prostrate, fall?upon?????nā?ā?The nā?ā? rocket lifts a satellite into space.[1Nun, 3?]to lift, carry, raise, bear (load or burden), take away???????āl?Go up singing “?āl?, la la la la.”[1G, 3?]to go up, ascend??????ābarPass over ?ābar when pole vaulting[1G]to pass over, pass through, pass by, cross??????āmad?āmad boy standing[1G]The running back ?āmad Rashad stood at the line of scrimmageto stand (up), stand still, take?one’s stand?????q?mJesus told the dead girl, “Talitha q?m!”which means, “little girl, get up!”[biconsonantal]to rise, arise, get up, stand????qārā?qārā?! [Kara] I’m calling you to read aloud.[2?, 3?]to call, summon, proclaim, announce, read aloud???????mPut it on the ??m [seam].[biconsonantal]to set (up), put, place, lay?(upon), establish???????bDon’t ??b [shove]. Turn back.[biconsonantal]to turn back, return, go back?????p?We’re p? [poor] here.p?st here.here, at this place????Chapter 15 Qal Imperfect – Strong VerbsTranslit.MnemonicMeaningWord?āy???? = living, alive; ??????? = life, lifetime[Don’t confuse with ????? ‘to be’][1G, 3?]to live, be alive, stay alive, revive, restore to life?????yākōlyākōl [Ya, coal] is able[1Yod, holem stative]yākōl [Yeah ho!], we are able; we will prevail!to be able, be capable of, endure, prevail, be victorious?????kārat[In a covenant-making ceremony, animals were cut apart][2?]to cut off, cut down, make?a?covenant??????s?rTurn aside and leave the s?r [sewer].A s?r pipe turning.[Don’t confuse with ????? to wrestle][biconsonantal]to turn aside, turn off, leave?????ābad?????? = servant[Don’t confuse with ????? to perish][1G]to work, serve, toil, till, cultivate??????ān?Answer me, ?ān?! [Anna][Don’t confuse with ????? to lament][1G, 3?][This is a homonym of ????? ‘(D) to afflict, oppress, humiliate, violate’ in chapter 27]to answer, respond, reply, testify[ch27: (D) to afflict, oppress, humiliate, violate]??????ōzenyour ears are (fr)?ōzenear[F]???????ayila ram going down the ?ayil [aisle]noun: ram, ruleradj: mighty??????gibb?rThe mighty Zsa Zsa gibb?radj: mighty, valiant, heroicnoun: hero????????zeba??????????? = altara sacrifice????????dāq???????? = righteous, justrighteousness, righteous?act, justice????????āp??n?āp??n [phone] north.north, northern[F]???????āzDorothy in ?āz, wondering what to do then.[Distinguish from with ??? strong, ??? strength, and ??? goat]then, since, before????ap?It is ?ap?-ten [often] also, indeed, even a nose, nostril, or anger.He even did that also? That’s ?ap?(ul) [awful].[Its homograph ??? in chapter 9 means nose, nostril, anger]also, indeed, even[ch9: nose, nostril, anger]???penUse a pen, lest it be erased.lest, otherwise?????Chapter 16 Qal Imperfect – Weak VerbsTransliterationMnemonicMeaningWordgā?alJesus of gā?al(ee) came to redeem and deliver us.[2G]Wine mixed with gā?al was offered to Jesus when he was dying to redeem and deliver usto redeem, deliver, act?as?kinsman, avenge???????ā?ā???????? = sin, sin-offering?ā?ā?s [haters] sin and miss.[1G, 3?]to miss (a goal or mark), sin, commit a sin?????yāsap?Gen 30:24 Rachel named him yāsap? [Joseph] saying, “May YHWH add to me another son!”[1Yod]to add, continue?????yāra?yāra? [You're rash] to dispossess others and take their inheritance.[1Yod, 2?]to inherit, take?possession?of, dispossess, take away someone’s property??????kāp?arkāp?ar sounds like cover.to cover, atone, make?atonement??????nā??It’s nā?? [not a] spread.[1Nun, 3?]to spread out, stretch out, extend, pitch (a tent)??????āzab[1G]to leave, forsake, abandon, set free, let go?????qārab?????? = near, closeDraw near to take qārab [care of] someone.[2?]to approach, draw near, come near?????rāb???? = great, many[3?]to be(come) numerous, be(come) great, increase??????āt??āt? [Shut the] door and have a drink.The ice ?āt? [should thaw] before you drink.Have a ?āt? [shot of] something to drink! [3?]to drink??????tāmamIt has to be complete for tāmam [the ma’am].The tāmam(nator) [terminator] will completely end[geminate]to be(come) complete, cease, come?to?an?end, be?spent, be?consumed, be?burned?out??????kap?Don’t kap? [caugh] into the palm of your hand.hand, palm, sole?of?foot[F]????rēa?A true friend and neighbor is rēa? [rare]rēa? [Ray A] is my friend.friend, companion, neighbor?????neg?edWe are neg?ed [naked] in front of God.Opposites neg?ed [negate] each other.opposite, in front of??????Chapter 17 Waw ConsecutiveTransliterationMnemonicMeaningWord?ābad?ābad [Evade] the trap or perish.[1? ‘angry baker verb’ §16.10–16.11]to perish, vanish, be(come)?lost??????āhab?āhab [Ah have] you in my heart, to love you.[1G]to love??????āsap?Gather the Psalms of ?āsap?.Gather ?āsap? [a saph] bucket to make syrup.[1G]to gather (in), take in, take?away, destroy?????bā?arSmokey the bā?ar consuming burning food.[2G]?????? ??????? = a master burned and consumed.[??????? is in chapter 18]to burn (up), consume??????gāl?Reveal the winner at a gāl? event.[3?]to uncover, reveal, disclose???????āhērUse ?āhēr [the hair] brush to be clean.?????? = clean, pure[2G]to be clean, be pure?????kāl?kāl? [call] it off when it is complete.[3?]to (be) complete, be?finished, come to an end??????r?mIsaiah saw the high, exalted throne r?m of God.[biconsontal]The r?m [room] is high and exalted.to be high, be exalted, rise?????āp?a??????? = judgeto judge, decide????????metTell the truth or you’ll be in ??met [a mess].truth, fidelity[F]?????kissē?kisē? [Kiss a] throneseat, chair, throne???????mispārmispār [Miss par] by a number of strokes.number?????????e?erQueen ?e?er with ten maidservantsten????????eme?bêt- ?eme? (a Levitical city) is‘house of the sun’.sun????????Chapter 18 Qal Imperative, Cohortative, and JussiveTransliterationMnemonicMeaningWordbā?arThe bā?ar [bar] tests, examines, and chooses lawyers.[2G]to choose, test, examine??????b?nunderstand using the old b?n [bean]![biconsonantal]to understand, perceive, consider?????dāra?Seek what caused dāra? [d’ rash].[2?]??????? ???????? = seek a wayto seek, inquire, investigate, ask for, require, demand???????hārag?Hazael killed Ben-Hadad with hārag? [a rag]. (2?Kgs?8:15)[1G, 2?]to kill, slay??????āp?ē?Take pleasure in saying ?āp?ē? [ha! fates!][1G]to delight in, take pleasure in, desire, be willing???????b[in chapter 7 vocabulary ???? is an adjective meaning good, pleasant.][biconsonantal]to be good, be pleasing, be?pleasant, be joyful, be?well?with[ch7: good, pleasant]????qāda???????? = holy.to be holy, set apart, or consecrated??????rā??a flock grazing is rā?? [raw] meat.[2G, 3?]to pasture, tend (flocks), shepherd, feed??????ā?alKing ?ā?al is ‘you asked for it!’[2G]to ask (of), inquire (of), request, demand??????ba?alThe name of the idol ba?al means ‘master’.owner, master, husband, (divine title) Baal????????ēbe?The staff of your tribe? ?ēbe? [Shave it]!rod, staff, scepter, tribe???????ba?adba?ad guys sneaking up behindbehind, through???????b??adb??ad guys sneaking up behindbehind, through??????ya?anya?an[ing] at someone’s excuse “It happened on account of …”on account of??????nā?Please nā? [now]please, now; surely; particle?often not translated???Chapter 19 Pronominal Suffixes on VerbsTransliterationMnemonicMeaningWordbā?a?It is bā?a? [better] to trust.[3??]to trust, be confident, rely?(upon)??????bāk?Weep a bāk? [bucket] of tears.[3?]to weep (in grief or joy), weep for??????lāba?lāba? [lavish] clothingto put on a garment, clothe, be clothed???????ārap?The ?ārap? [seraphs] are burning creatures.[2?][Note that it is the letter sin ?? ?, not shin ?? ?]to burn (completely), destroy???????ārāp?[Note that it is the letter sin ?? ?, not shin ?? ?]fiery serpent???????ālēm??????? = peace, welfare, wholeness, deliverance[Tsere stative]to be complete, be finished??????d?rGenerations of d?r(s) [doors].(En)d?r [Endure] for generations.generation????????The ??? [huts] are outside, in the street.outside, street????m?lā?k?m?lā?k? [My lack o’] work is a problem.[Beware ???????? messenger, angel]work, occupation, service????????parA par of bulls.bull, ox, steer????peta?peta? [pay to] enter the doorwayopening, entrance, doorway???????rōb??? = great, manymultitude, abundance, greatness????āp??She ?āp?? [suffe]red from a hurt lip.?āp?? [so far] my lips are sealed.The shore only goes ?āp?? [so far][Note that it is the letter sin ?? ?, not shin ?? ?]lip, language, edge, shore??????Chapter 20 Qal Infinitive ConstructTransliterationMnemonicMeaningWord?ā?azSeize him! “?ā?az [I has] you now!”[2G]to seize, grasp, take??????āmē??āmē? [Tammy] is unclean.[3?]to be(come) unclean?????yā?aryā?ar [Yachts are] formed, fashioned, shaped, and created.[1Yod]to form, fashion, shape, create?????n?sFlee a hangman’s n?s.[biconsonantal]to flee, escape????nāg?a?nāg?a? [No gal] has ever touched or reached it.[3??]to touch, strike, reach?????sābabTurn around! sābab [save] yourself!Turn around and go to sābab.[geminate]?????? = around, about, surroundings, circuitto turn, go around, march around, surround?????sāp?arIt’s sāp?ar to count it.?????? = scroll, bookto count??????āma?I Rejoice & kiss (?āma?!) [smack!][3??][Note that it is the letter sin ?? ?, not shin ?? ?]to rejoice, be joyful, be glad???????ābar?ābar [Shove ‘er] and she’ll break.to break (up), break in pieces, smash, shatter??????ya?dāwya?dāw [You had] them togethertogether, at the same time????????ya?adya?ad [You had] them together.“ya?ad me at hello.” Now we are together.together, along with??????yayin?????? ?????? = a spring of winewine????????bōd??????? = servant.??bōd? [Avoid ‘a] work.work, labor, service, worship[defective spelling]?????????b?d??????? = servant.??b?d? [Avoid ‘a] work.work, labor, service, worship[plene spelling]?????????ēd?Pastors ?ēd? [aid a] congregation.?ēd?(fy) the congregation.congregation, assembly?????bilt?It’s not bilt? [built to] last.not, except?????????l?bilt?= ?? + ?????????not, except???????????Chapter 21 Qal Infinitive AbsoluteTransliterationMnemonicMeaningWordzāba??????? = sacrifice. ?????????? = altar.[3??]zāba? [Za vacuum] must be sacrificed.to slaughter, sacrifice??????ān??ān?(bel) encamps and lays seige[1G, 3?]to decline, camp, encamp, lay siege to?????n?a????? ‘Noah’ sounds like ‘rest’ (see Gen 5:29)a n?a? [new a]partment to settle down in[biconsonantal, 3??]to rest, settle down?????nāsa?nāsa? enabled them to depart on their journey[3??]to pull (out or up), set out, start out, depart, journey, march?????pān?Turn the pān? [pan][3?]to turn??????pāta?Open a pāta? [path].[3??]to open??????rādap?bull pursuing someone with a rādap? [red “F”] shirtrādap? [Run af]ter him in pursuit! (said with a stuffy nose)to pursue, follow after, chase, persecute??????ānē?He hates ?ānē? [sunny] days.[Note that it is the letter sin ?? ?, not shin ?? ?]to hate???????ā?arRemain in the ?ā?ar [shower].[Don’t confuse with ??????? gate]to remain, be left over, survive??????bām?The hill is a bām? [bummer](cultic) high place, hill???????uqq?a statute against smooking a ?uqq? [hooka]statute, ordinance???????uqq?tstatutes, ordinances[Plural of ?????? plene spelling]????????uqqōtstatutes, ordinances[Plural of ?????? defective spelling]??????yām?nyām?n [Ya’ mean] my right hand?(Ben)yām?n (???? + ??????) [Benjamin]means ‘son of my right hand’right hand, south[F]??????mi?kānChapter 22: ?????? = to settle, abide, reside, dwell, inhabitdwelling place, tabernacle?????????na?alI can na?al [not haul] through the stream.stream, brook, wadi??????rā?ābrā?āb(enous) hunger during a faminefamine, hunger?????rā?ēbI am rā?ēb(enously) hungry.[adj] hungry?????Chapter 22 Qal ParticipleTransliterationMnemonicMeaningWord?ārarA curse: May you hear ?ārar [a “raar”] of a lion.[1G, 2?, geminate]to curse?????b??Be ashamed after b??(ing) [boasting].[biconsonantal]to be ashamed??????gādal??????? = great, big, largeto grow up, be(come) great, become strong, wealthy or important???????ā?ab?ā?ab [a shave], I think[1G]to think, consider, devise, plan, value, esteem, reckon??????yā?ab???? = good, pleasant[1Yod]to be well with, go well with, be pleasing?????lākadSeize lākad [the CAD] (an engineering term).to take, capture, catch, seize?????nāg?a?Draw near to examine a nāg?a? [knee gash].[1Nun]to draw near, come near, approach??????qāba?He qāba? [gathers] stuffto collect, gather, assemble?????qābarqābar [cover] and bury itto bury??????ākan?ākan [She can] settle here.to settle, abide, reside, dwell, inhabit???????āp?akto pour (out), spill, shed?(blood)?????????m?A mouse whose ??m? [home] is in the wall.wall???????ōq?????? = statute, ordinancestatute, appointed time, portion???kebe?[ Note that it is the letter sin ?? ?, not shin ?? ?]He kebe? [carries] the lambs.Lamb, sheep????????Chapter 23 Issues of Sentence SyntaxTransliterationMnemonicMeaningWord??rAn ??r(b) of light.light, daylight, sunshine????b?kōra firstborn b?kōr [baker]firstborn[defective spelling]??????b?k?ra firstborn b?k?r [baker]firstborn[plene spelling]????????ēm??ēm? [Hey, ma]! That’s poison!wrath, heat, poison????????????? [Hut the] ball in the middle of the football fieldhalf, middle?????kōa?strength, power?????n??ō?et2 Kgs 18:4 … Hezekiah broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had made offerings to it (it was called n??ō?et(an)).copper, bronze[M/F]?????????nā???The nā??? [Natzi] leader was Hitler.chief, leader, prince????????erebThe ?ereb [air of] the evening is nice.An ?ereb(ian) [Arabian] sunset.?????? ?????? = an evening swordevening, sunset???????e?em?e?em [It’s them] bones, them bones, them dry bones...Now hear the word of the LORD.”bone, skeleton??????p?r?p?r? [Paris] has lots of fruit.fruit, offspring??????qāhālqāhāl [call] the assemblyassembly, community, crowd?????rekebThe upper millstone made a rekeb [wreck of] the chariot.chariot, upper millstone,(collective) chariots or chariot riders??????lā??nDon’t lā??n [lash (out) on] anyone with your tongue.tongue, language???????t??ēb?abomination, abhorrence, offensive thing?????????Chapter 24 The Niphal Stem – Strong Verbs(N) = Niphal, (D) = Piel, (H) = HiphilTransliterationMnemonicMeaningWord?āmanOur word “?āman [Amen]” is from the adverb ?????, meaning “truly”[1G](N) to be reliable, be?faithful, be trustworthy?????yā?a???????????? ‘Joshua’ = ?????? + ?????? = YHWH is salvation[1Yod, 3??](N) to be delivered, be?victorious, receive help??????yātarIs there any pizza left over? yātar [Ya, there].[1Yod](N) to be left over, remain?????k?nThe k?n [raccoon] is steadfast and ready.[biconsonantal](N) to be established, be?steadfast, be ready?????lā?ama fight over ?????? (bread)[2G](N) to fight, do battle with?????māla?Escape, māla? [my lad]!Escape the māla? [mallet].(N) to escape, flee to safety?????nā?amI am sorry, but we have nā?am [no ham] to sell.[1Nun](N) to be sorry, regret, have?compassion?????nāk?Exclaim “nāk? [Na-Ha]!” as you smite someone.Beat him to a nāk? [knock-out].[1Nun, 3?](H) to strike, smite, beat, strike dead, destroy, injure?????nā?abIn the Battle of the Bulge, the 101st airborne took their stand defending the city of Bastogne in Belgium. When the Germans demanded surrender, General McAuliffe answered,“nā?ab [Nuts]!”[1Nun](N) to stand (firm), take?one’s?stand?????nā?alWere the nā?al [nuts all] rescued?[1Nun](N) to be rescued, be?delivered?????sātara sātar [satyr] is hidden.The sātar [SAT test are] hidden.(N) to be hidden, hide?oneself?????pālā?That pālā?(ce) is extraordinary and wonderful.[3?](N) to be extraordinary, be?wonderful, be?too?difficult??????r??r?? [roots] prevent running.[biconsonantal]to run?????ā?at?ā?at [She hath] ruined it.[2G](D, H) to ruin, destroy, spoil, annihilate???????āmadI am ?āmad [sho mad] they will be exterminated.Distinguish from ?????? ‘to guard’.?????? [guard] to prevent ?????? [being destroyed].(N) to be exterminated, be?destroyed, be?annihilated??????Chapter 25 The Niphal Stem – Weak VerbsTransliterationMnemonicMeaningWordhāp?akOverturn the case with hāp?akt [a fact].[1G]to turn, overturn, overthrow, destroy??????zān?That zān? [zone] is where people commit prostitution.[3?]They committed fornication in a zān? (sauna).to commit fornication, be?a?harlot (prostitute), be?unfaithful??????ār?I burn with anger because of my ?ār? [harry] back.[1G, 2?, 3?][Note that it starts with Het ? ?, not He ? h]to be(come) hot, burn?with?anger, become?angry?????rā?a???? = bad, evil, wicked[1?, 2G, 3??, geminate]to be bad, be evil, be?displeasing??????āba?I’m ?āba? [saving] up to eat and drink my fill until I am satiated.[3??]to satisfy, be satiated, eat?or?drink one’s fill???????āka?I ?āka? [shook] my pockets looking for my keys when I forget where put then.[3??]to forget???????āmēm?āmēm [She maim]ed me, so I was deserted and desolate. [geminate]to be deserted, be?uninhabited, be?desolated??????zākārThat man is driving zākār [za car].A man needs to remember [?????] certain things.[In chapter 13, ????? = to remember, recall, call to mind, mention. Distinguish them by the fact that ‘to remember’ has the vowels of a QP3ms]man, male??????ō?ekdarkness????????mig?rā?That’s mig?rā? [my grass] in the pasture.open land, pasture????????mamlāk???????? = king, rulerkingdom, dominion, reign?????????nāhār?????? = stream, brook, wadiriver, stream??????edeq??????? = righteous, just, innocentrighteousness, equity??????rō?ê[Nouns that end in ??? are masculine]shepherd?????Chapter 26 The Piel Stem – Strong Verbs(N) = Niphal, (D) = Piel, (H) = HiphilTransliterationMnemonicMeaningWordbāqa?The store seeks and demands that we pay bāqa? [b’cash] (by cash).(D) to seek, search for, discover, demand, require???????dābar?????? = word, matter, thing(D) to speak??????hālalHallelujah = ???????????? = praise + YHWH[1G, geminate](D) to praise, sing?hallelujah?????yād?[Distinguish from ????? = to know, know?sexually, have?understanding][1Yod, 3?](H) to thank, praise, confess?????kās?Hide the kās? [case][Distinguish from ?????? = seat, chair, throne][3?]to cover, conceal, hide;(D) to cover (up), clothe??????māharmāhar [My hair]! Hurry to hasten, hurry, go?or?come?quickly?????nābā?nābā? [never] doubt the words of a prophet.?????? = prophet[1Nun, 3?](N) to prophesy, be in a state of prophetic ecstasy?????nāba?Look nāba? [never at] the sun.[1Nun](D) to look (at), gaze, behold?????sāg?arShut the sāg?ar [cigar] case.to shut, close??????āw?????? = host, army, war, service[3?](D) to command, give?an?order, charge?????qā?arsacrifices go up in smoke in of qā?ar [Qatar]????? [kill] then ????? [offer it up in smoke].(D) to make a sacrifice go up in smoke, offer (a sacrifice) by burning???????r??r [Cher] is singing a song. [biconsonantal][chapter 7 vocabulary: ????? is a noun meaning ‘song’]to sing[ch7: ‘song’]???????tPlace it in its ??t [sheath].[biconsonantal]to set, put, place??????āratAvoid ?ārat [the wrath]; serve/minister to God[2?](D) to minister, serve, attend?to the service of God??????Chapter 27 The Piel Stem – Weak Verbs(N) = Niphal, (D) = PielTransliterationMnemonicMeaningWordg?rThe g?r(d) [gourd] was dwelling as a foreigner with the fruit.[biconsonantal]to sojourn, dwell as a foreigner or alien?????yā?a?yā?a? [You ask] me to advise you.[1Yod, 2G]to advise, counsel, plan, decide?????lāmadlāmad [Lamed] is learnedto learn;(D) to teach?????mā?almā?al [Ma shall] rule.A mā?al [marshal] rules and reigns.to rule, reign, govern, have?dominion??????mākarSell mākar [ma car] and hand it overto sell, hand over??????āzarAzariah (?????????) = ????? + ???? = Yah(WH) helps.[1G]to help, assist, come?to?the?aid?of??????ān?[Don’t confuse with ????? = clouds, cloud mass][This is a homonym of ????? ‘to answer, respond, reply, testify’ in chapter 15][1G, 3?](D) to afflict, oppress, humiliate, violate[ch15: (Qal) to answer, respond, reply, testify]?????qālal[geminate]to be small, be insignificant, be swift;(N, D) to declare cursed?????qān?qān? [Can ah] (I) buy it?[3?]to get, acquire, buy?????rākab?????? = chariotto mount and ride, ride??????ā?a?The ?ā?a? [shot] slaughtered them.[2G]to slaughter???????ā??t??? = brother[The plural is also spelled ??????. To distinguish the singular and plural, one needs either the context or else a pronominal suffix.]sister, relative, loved one[F]??????kānāp?A kānāp? [can of] Red Bull pushes me over the edge and makes my extremities tingle.wing, edge, extremity???????amm?d????? = to stand (up), stand still, take?one’s standI’m in ?amm?d [a mood] to knock over a pillar, column, or tent pole.pillar, column, tent pole????????eqerA ?eqer(ed) [checkered] truth is a lie.?eqer [Shake her] for that lie.?eqer [Shake hair shake head] about the lie.lie, deception, falsehood???????Chapter 28 The Pual Stem – Strong Verbs(H) = HiphilTransliterationMnemonicMeaningWord?āsarIt was ?āsar(ry) [sorry] sight with him tied, bound, fettered, and imprisoned.[1G]to tie, bind, fetter, imprison?????zā?aqzā?aq [Zack] cried out, called for help, and summoned the police.[2G]to cry (out), call for help, summon??????āz??āz? [Huzzah]! I see him![It starts with ? not ?][1G, 3?]to see, behold, perceive??????āl??āl? [holler] if you become weak or tired.[It starts with ? not ?][1G, 3?][Don’t confuse with ????? = (D) to praise, sing?hallelujah]to be(come) weak or tired, be(come) sick??????ānanThe people of ?ānan [Hainan] Dao (the big island south of China) were gracious to us.[It starts with ? not ?][1G, geminate]to be gracious to, show?favor?to, favor?????mā?asrefuse to attend mā?as [mass][2G]to refuse, reject, despise???????rLeaving ??r caused Abram to be awake and stired him up.[1G, biconsonantal]to be awake, stir up?????ārak?ārak [A rack] is where we should lay out the shish kebabs, set them in rows, and arrange them.[1G, 2?]to lay out, set in rows, arrange, stack (wood), draw?up a battle formation??????rā?a?rā?a? [rats]! I have to wash again.[1?, 2G]to wash, bathe??????ākalA Ma?ākal (??????????) is a type of psalm (e.g., Psalm 32). A maskil might mean “a song that makes wise” (i.e., wisdom song).(H) to understand, comprehend, have insight, make wise, have success??????mar?ê????? = to see, perceive, understandmar?ê [marry] based on appearance[Nouns that end in ??? are masculine]vision, sight, appearance???????neg?ebThe neg?eb [Negev] is the dry, south part of Israel.south, Negev???????āp?ārdust from ?āp?ār [afar]dust, dry earth?????pa?ampa?am taps her foot because our pace takes time.foot, pace, time[F]???????Chapter 29 The Pual Stem – Weak VerbsTransliterationMnemonicMeaningWordl?nSpend the night in a l?n [lean]-to.[biconsonantal]to remain overnight, spend?the?night, stay, dwell????mā?a?I smear mā?a? [my shack][3??]to smear, anoint??????mā??a?anointed one, Messiah????????nā?arnā?ar [Nuts are] keeping watch, guarding us.[1Nun][Distinguish from ????? to stand firm and ????? to be rescued]to keep watch, watch over, guard, protect, preserve?????gērgēr(y) [Gary] is a stranger.[????? = to sojourn, dwell as a foreigner or alien]stranger, sojourner, alien?????ayy?????? = to live, be alive, stay alive, revive, etc.[It starts with ? not ?]animal, beast???????ēleb?ēleb(t) [He left] the fat portions, the best part.[It starts with ? not ?]fat;(metaphorically) best, choice?part????????m?r??m?r [Homer] riding a donkeyPeople wanted ??m?r [a more] regal king than the one on a donkey.donkey??????yeteryeter [Yes, there] is the rest.rest, remainder, excess????????r(G)??r(tex) and leather cover your skin.[Distinguish from ???? = light, daylight, sunshine]skin, hide, leather?????ōz[Don’t confuse with ??? strong,??? = then, since, or ??? goat]strength, power, might???pe?a?He said “pe?a? [Pe-shaw]” by committing a transgression and crime.Someone ?????? [wicked] commits ???????? [a crime]transgression, rebellion, crime????????qā?êShe qā?ê [cuts] off the end to make a border.[Nouns that end in ??? are masculine]end, border, outskirts??????im???????? = to rejoice, be joyful, be gladjoy, gladness????????tām?m?????? = to be(come) complete, cease, come?to?an?end, be?spent, be?consumed, be?burned?outblameless, perfect, honest, devout???????Chapter 30 The Hiphil Stem – Strong Verbs(N) = Niphal, (D) = Piel, (H) = HiphilTranslitMnemonicMeaningWord?ālal[1G, geminate][This starts with ? not ?, so don’t confuse it with ????? = (D) to praise, sing?hallelujah](N) to be defiled, defile oneself;(D) to profane, defile;(H) to let something be profaned, begin?????nāg?ad1 Sam 19:24 reports that Saul lay nāg?ad [naked] all day and night.[1Nun][Distinguish from ?????? = opposite, in front of](H) to tell, announce, report, declare, inform??????āba?I ?????? [swear] that I ?????? [am satisfied][3??](N) to swear, take an oath;(H) to plead with someone???????ālakSend it to get a ?ālak [shellac].[Don’t confuse with ?????? = to send, stretch out](H) to send, throw (down, into or away), cast???????da?at????? = to know, know?sexually, have?understandingknowledge, understanding, ability[F]???????deletThe delet [delete] button is a door to freedom.door[F]???????hām?nThe roar of the crowd wanting hām?n [ham].multitude, crowd, sound, roar??????z?r?a?z?r?a? [The rower] used her arm.He has z?r?a? [zero] arms and no power.Use your ??????? [arm] to sow ?????? [seed].arm, forearm;(metaphorically) strength, power[F]???????k?r?bcherub???????keremvineyard???????malk?t??????? = king, ruler[Distinguish from ???????? = messenger and ???????? = work]kingdom, dominion, royal?power??????????ē???ē?? [It’s] advice.counsel, plan, advice??????ālāl[Distinguish from ????? = (N) to be defiled]pierced, slain, defiled??????āmē?????? is also the verb to be(come) uncleanunclean?????Chapter 31 The Hiphil Stem – Weak VerbsTransliterationMnemonicMeaningWord?āwenAn ?āwen [oven] of iniquity, wickedness, & evildoers.iniquity, wickedness, evildoer????????ār ???ār [Oats] are treasure in the treasury.treasure, treasury, storehouse????????tthe sign of my ??t [oath]sign, mark, pledge[M]????g?rālThe goral [corral] is my lot and portion.lot, portion, allotment???????y?????Joshua ??????????? means YHWH is salvation.salvation, help, deliverance?????????miqnêcattle miqnê(ggets) [McNuggets]cattle, livestock, property???????mi?meret?????? = to watch (over), guard, keep, observe, protectwatch, guard,responsibility[F]???????????nega?An affliction or plague is nega? -tive [negative].[Distinguish from ????? = to touch, strike, reach]mark, plague, affliction???????arThe ?ar [Tsar] is an adversary.????? [form, create] a ??? [adversary].adversary, enemy???qedem????? [man] lived in the ?????? [east, ancient times]east, ancient times??????qorbānIn Mark 7:11, Jesus accused the Pharisees and scribes of allowing people to declare things as qorbān [gifts to God] as a way of avoiding supporting their parents.Give a gift or offering of qorbān [a diamond].[The ? in ?? is Qamets Hatuf because it is closed and unaccented.]gift, offering?????????eqelmeasurement of weight, shekel???????Chapter 32 The Hophal Stem – Strong VerbsTransliterationMnemonicMeaningWord?erez[Distinguish from ?????? = land, earth, ground]Plant an ?????? [cedar] in the ?????? [ground].cedar????????r[Distinguish from ???? = to turn aside, turn off, leave]rock, boulder????qeren qeren [Karen] has a horn!horn[F]??????qe?etbow, weapon[F]???????Chapter 33 The Hophal Stem – Weak VerbsTransliterationMnemonicMeaningWordbe?enBelly be?en (button)belly, stomach, womb[F]???????hebelThe vanity and futility of life weigh hebel(y) [heavily] on the speaker in Ecclesiastes. Eccl 1:14 says “All is vanity (??????).”vanity, futility, breath???????erp?He felt shame and disgrace about his ?erp? –s [herpes]reproach, disgrace, shame????????mizrā? mizrā? [Ra] was the sun(rise) god of Egypt.east, sunrise???????Chapter 34 The Hithpael Stem – Strong VerbsTransliterationMnemonicMeaningWordmiqdā???????? = holiness, something that is holy. ??????? = holysanctuary???????????p???p?(ful) [awful] insects and flying creaturesflying creatures, birds, insects??????p?fly ??p? [up][1G, biconsonantal]to fly?????ēz[Distinguish from ??? strong, ??? strength,and ??? = then, since]An ??? [strong] ??? [goat] has ??? [strength] so it can ????? [help].goat, goat’s hair???pālal[geminate](Hithpael) to pray, make?intercession??????q?rDo you q?r [care] about the wall?wall??????p?ārtrumpet, ram’s horn???????Chapter 35 The Hithpael Stem – Weak VerbsTransliterationMnemonicMeaningWordbarzelHe pumps iron barzel [bars].iron?????????ēdthe witness came to her ?ēd [aid]witness????ār??ār? [Sarah] is in distress.distress, anxiety, trouble???????r??r [sure], you can borrow my ox.ox, bull, cow??????ul?ānThe ?ul?ān [sultan] is at the table.table????????t?p?ill?t?p?ill?(in) are phylacteries for prayer.prayer????????? ................
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