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This section will explore Hebrew names as meaningful words, examining their etymological roots and how they reveal character, while also discussing how the same word may be used as a proper name or a noun.
This section will delve into the nuances of the Hebrew language, exploring how nouns and verbs are derived from roots, how grammatical elements like prefixes and suffixes affect tense, voice, and mood, and how nouns can also function as other parts of speech, while also examining masculine and feminine forms of nouns, and how these impact the use of pronouns in scripture
This section will explore Hebrew verb structure, explaining how verb forms (call, hifl, nifl) modify meaning, how prefixes and suffixes indicate tense and subject, and how participles function as nouns. They also examine how a single Hebrew verb can have varied English translations, and the limitations of Strong's concordance
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This section will detail Hebrew grammar, showing how nouns and verbs derive from three-letter roots, how prefixes and suffixes create masculine, feminine, and plural forms and affect meaning, and how constructs link nouns; they also cover pronouns, and common phrases, while emphasizing challenges in translation due to similar spellings of different words and the importance of using a lexicon.
This section will explore the structure of Hebrew verbs, including perfect and imperfect tenses, active and passive participles, and imperatives, and how prefixes and suffixes modify these forms. They cover verb voices (active, passive, reflexive) and moods (simple, causative, intensive), and discuss common patterns of dropped letters in conjugations, and also provide an overview of using verb tables and lexicons for analysis and translation.