Discipleship Across the Lifespan

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Hebrew Nouns
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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

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Verb
Noun
al'
al.m
Be in accordance
Messenger
!tn"
!tn"
A gift
To give
Wq
Aqm'
A place
Arise
jpv'
jP'v.mi
Judgment
To judge
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The m prefix often changes the verb into a noun
jP'v.mi
jpv'
Judgment
To judge
The t prefix can do this, too
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Verb
Noun
dly"
hd'l.AT
Give birth
Generations
For a child will be born to us (Isaiah 96)
This is the account of the heaven and the earth
(Genesis 24)
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Verb
Noun
bvy"
bv'AT
To sit or dwell
Sojourner
A sojourner or a hired servant shall not eat of
it. (Exodus 1245).
Now the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling
then in the land (Genesis 137)
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Masculine Nouns
Feminine Nouns
Singular
sWs
hr'AT
Plural
ysiWs
twOrAT
Dual
yIsWs
yItr'AT
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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
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r,,
Exceptions

• Irregular Feminine Nouns

t'corgta
-
ryi
yrIi
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ba'
twOba'
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Exceptions

• Irregular Feminine Nouns
• Dual Nouns
• Regularly indicate two of a pair

dy"
yIdy"
Hand
Hands
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Exceptions

• Irregular Feminine Nouns
• Dual Nouns
• Regularly indicate two of a pair
• Some words are always dual in form

yImv'
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Heavens
yIrc.mi
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Egypt
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Exceptions

• Irregular Feminine Nouns
• Dual Nouns
• Regularly indicate two of a pair
• Some words are always dual in form

yIm
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Water
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Exceptions

• Irregular Feminine Nouns
• Dual Nouns
• Irregular stem changes

hV'ai
(Woman)
yvin"
(Women)
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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

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Synonyms

• What are the different Hebrew words that are
  translated man? In what ways are they
  distinctive?

vyai
d'a'
vAna/
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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

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Homonyms

• Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of
  the field which the LORD God had made.
• (Genesis 31)

And the man and his wife were both naked and were
not ashamed. (Genesis 225)
Which word in the Hebrew is a Homonym?
Wr'
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Vocabulary
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yn"doa

• Lord

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xa'

• Brother

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vyai

• Man

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hv'ai

• Woman

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tB

• Daughter

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ywOG

• Nation

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r,D,

• Way, Road, Journey

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rh

• Mountain, Hill

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!heKo

• Priest

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ble

• Heart

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yIm

• Water

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Vp,nlt

• Soul

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aybin"

• Prophet

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rp,se

• Book, Scroll

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!yI

• Eye

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ryi

• City

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ab'c'

• Host, army

When used as a verb To make war, serve
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lwOq

• Voice, sound

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varo

• Head

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hr'AT

• Law
• Instruction

In Hiphil stem, to teach
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