Regular Nouns

j. ted blakley morphology of hebrew nouns 1

CONSTRUCT ABSOLUTE
MASCULINE

SINGULAR
:
DUAL
:
PLURAL
CONSTRUCT ABSOLUTE
FEMININE
- - - -
SINGULAR
- :-
DUAL
- -
PLURAL

PLURAL
CONSTRUCT
PLURAL
ABSOLUTE
SINGULAR
CONSTRUCT
SINGULAR
ABSOLUTE
MASCULINE
:


:: ::: :: ::
word, thing,
matter, affair
s:. :s:. s:. s:.
prophet
PLURAL
CONSTRUCT
PLURAL
ABSOLUTE
SINGULAR
CONSTRUCT
SINGULAR
ABSOLUTE
FEMININE
- - -

-ec -ec -ec ec
lip
-s -s -s s
righteousness
Segolates
j. ted blakley morphology of hebrew nouns 2
PLURAL
CONSTRUCT
PLURAL
ABSOLUTE
SINGULAR
CONSTRUCT
SINGULAR
ABSOLUTE
A CLASS
xxx :xxx xxx xxx MASCULINE patach
:: ::: : : king
:. ::. :. :. servant
An initial guttural
takes a composite sheva
in the plural absolute.
z: :z: z: z: trust
The presence of a guttual
may draw a patach
in the second syllable.
.: :.: .: .: lord
The presence of a guttual
may draw a patach
in both syllables.
-xxx -xxx xxx xxx FEMININE
-:e. -:e. :e. :e. life
-ss -ss s s land, earth
An initial guttural
takes a composite sheva
in the plural absolute.
PLURAL
CONSTRUCT
PLURAL
ABSOLUTE
SINGULAR
CONSTRUCT
SINGULAR
ABSOLUTE
I CLASS
xxx :xxx xxx xxx MASCULINE hireq
e: :e: e: e: book
. :. . . herd
An initial guttural
takes a composite sheva
in the plural absolute.
.:: :.:: .:: .:: report
The presence of a guttual
may draw a patach
in the second syllable.
: :: : : grave
A double-segole pattern
can also mask an orginal
i-class vowel.
PLURAL
CONSTRUCT
PLURAL
ABSOLUTE
SINGULAR
CONSTRUCT
SINGULAR
ABSOLUTE
U CLASS
xxx :xxx xxx xxx MASCULINE qamats hatuph
: :: : : holiness
: :: : :
new moon
month
An initial guttural
takes a composite sheva
in the plural absolute.
s :s s s path
The presence of a guttual
may draw a patach
in the second syllable.
Geminates
j. ted blakley morphology of hebrew nouns 3
PLURAL
CONSTRUCT
PLURAL
ABSOLUTE
SINGULAR
CONSTRUCT
SINGULAR
ABSOLUTE
A CLASS
xx :xx xx xx MASCULINE
:. ::. :. :. :.
people
-xx -xx xx xx FEMININE


PLURAL
CONSTRUCT
PLURAL
ABSOLUTE
SINGULAR
CONSTRUCT
SINGULAR
ABSOLUTE
I CLASS
xx :xx xx xx MASCULINE
s :s
tree
-xx -xx xx xx FEMININE
-:s -:s :s :s
mother
PLURAL
CONSTRUCT
PLURAL
ABSOLUTE
SINGULAR
CONSTRUCT
SINGULAR
ABSOLUTE
U CLASS
xx :xx xx xx MASCULINE
:
statute
-xx -xx xx xx FEMININE


I rregular Nouns
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PLURAL
CONSTRUCT
PLURAL
ABSOLUTE
SINGULAR
CONSTRUCT
SINGULAR
ABSOLUTE

-:s -:s :s :s
father
s :s s s
brother
:.s ::.s :s :s
man
:. ::. -:s :s
woman (f)
.: :.: : :
son
-.: -.: -: -:
daughter (f)
-: :-: -: -:
house
: :: : :
day
:: : :
sea
. :. . .
city (f)