Babel On

Beginnings

100

It is what ּ. הַ is called

The artilce

200

It is what וְ is called

The conjunction

300

When the article is added to these letters, the vowel underneath the ה is lengthened

Gutturals

400

These three letters cause the conjunction to become וּ or "u" sound.

ב, מ, פ

500

When the article is added to one of these two letters (ה or ח) it is called this.

Virtual Doubling

Things

100

מֶלֶךְ

king

200

סוּס

horse

300

נַעֲרָה

young girl

400

עוֹלָם

forever

500

עָנָן

cloud(s)

Grammar and Other Rules

100

A syllable will usually begin with this

A consconant

200

When a Hebrew author wants to refer to only two אִישׁ (men) the author will use this ending called the _______.

Dual

300

A patach ַ  will lengthen to this corresponding a-class vowel (looking for the name of the vowel)

qamets

400

The 'Tr' and 'st' in the word 'trust' does not happen in Hebrew, this is why

A syllable must have a vowel and a consonant

or

Hebrew does not have consonant clusters

500

We know gutturals do not take the dagesh and require simple shewas, this one rule rounds out our three rules concerning gutturals

They prefer a-class vowels

Proper Nouns

100

יהוה

The Lord, Yahweh

200

יִשְׂרָאֵל

Israel

300

יִצחָק

Isaac

400

עֵשָׂו

Esau

500

כְּנַעַן

Canaan

Endings

100

The ending on סוּסה indicates this gender and number

Feminine Singular

200

The ending on סוּסִים indicates this gender and number

Masculine Plural

300

The ending on בְּרִית indicates this gender and number

Feminine singular

400

The ending on בָּנוֹת indicates this gender and number

Feminine plural

500

This is the proper translation of תּוֹרָתַיִם the root word meaning "law"

Two laws