"Pronominal Suffixes on Verbs in Context" — Ch19 Passage Exercise

Chapter 19 — Qal Pronominal Suffixes on Verbs

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This passage exercise presents 14 highlighted verb+suffix forms drawn from five canonical passages: Genesis 28:15 (God's promise to Jacob at Bethel), Genesis 45:4–8 (Joseph's theological reframing), Psalm 23:1–4 (the LORD my shepherd), Genesis 39:19–20 (Potiphar and the Inf.Const. temporal clauses), and Psalm 16:1 + Deuteronomy 31:6 (imperative and imperfect + suffix). Students identify the base conjugation and root, parse the suffix PGN, determine whether the suffix is a direct object (on finite verbs) or subject (on Infinitive Construct), and provide the full gloss.

Sample Questions

Q1. 1 וּשְׁמַרְתִּיךָ

A: Qal Weqatal 1cs (שמר) 2ms Object "and I will keep you" — God's promise; suffix replaces אֹתְךָ

Q2. 2 וַהֲשִׁבֹתִיךָ

A: Hiphil Weqatal 1cs (שוב) 2ms Object "and I will bring you back" — Hiphil causative "cause to return" + 2ms suffix

Q3. 3 אֶעֱזָבְךָ

A: Qal Imperfect 1cs (עזב) 2ms Object "I will forsake you" — with לֹא = "I will NOT forsake you"; I-aleph gutt.