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Chapter 19 — Pronominal Suffixes on Verbs Morphology Deck

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BBH Chapter 19 · 32 cards


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Front: Hebrew form Back: Base verb · Suffix · Full gloss · Key feature Tags: suffix-[conjugation], bbh-ch19


Perfect + Suffix

# Front (Hebrew) Back
1 שְׁמָרַ֥נִי שמר Qal Perf. 3ms + 1cs · "he kept me" · Connecting vowel qamets before נִי
2 שְׁמָרוֹ שמר Qal Perf. 3ms + 3ms · "he kept him" · Short form וֹ (holem-waw)
3 שְׁמָרָ֥נוּ שמר Qal Perf. 3ms + 1cp · "he kept us" · Qamets before נוּ
4 שְׁמַרְתַּ֥נִי שמר Qal Perf. 2ms + 1cs · "you kept me" · 2ms form + 1cs suffix
5 שְׁמַרְתִּ֥יהוּ שמר Qal Perf. 1cs + 3ms · "I kept him" · 1cs ending (תִּי) + 3ms suffix
6 שְׁלָחַ֥נִי שלח Qal Perf. 3ms + 1cs · "he sent me" · Gen 45:5; God sent Joseph
7 עֲזָבַ֥נִי עזב Qal Perf. 3ms + 1cs · "he forsook me" · Psa 22:2 lament

Imperfect + Suffix (Energic Nun)

# Front (Hebrew) Back
8 יִשְׁמְרֵ֥נִי שמר Qal Impf. 3ms + 1cs · "he will keep me" · Tsere linking vowel
9 יִשְׁמְרֶ֥נּוּ שמר Qal Impf. 3ms + 3ms · "he will keep him" · Energic nun (נּ dagesh) + 3ms suffix
10 יִשְׁמְרֵ֥נוּ שמר Qal Impf. 3ms + 1cp · "he will keep us" · No energic nun before 1cp נוּ
11 יִמְצָאֵ֥נִי מצא Qal Impf. 3ms + 1cs · "he will find me" · III-א; aleph quiesces
12 יִשְׁלָחֶ֥נּוּ שלח Qal Impf. 3ms + 3ms · "he will send him" · Energic nun + 3ms
13 יִרְאֶ֥נּוּ ראה Qal Impf. 3ms + 3ms · "he will see him" · III-ה short + energic nun + 3ms

Wayyiqtol + Suffix

# Front (Hebrew) Back
14 וַיִּשְׁמְרֵ֥הוּ שמר Qal Wayyiq. 3ms + 3ms · "and he kept him" · Narrative; tsere + הוּ
15 וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֥הוּ שלח Qal Wayyiq. 3ms + 3ms · "and he sent him" · Frequent in Genesis
16 וַיַּרְאֵ֥הוּ ראה Qal Wayyiq. 3ms + 3ms · "and he showed him" · III-ה + 3ms suffix
17 וַיִּשְׁמְרֵ֥נִי שמר Qal Wayyiq. 3ms + 1cs · "and he kept me" ·

Imperative + Suffix

# Front (Hebrew) Back
18 שָׁמְרֵ֥נִי שמר Qal Imper. 2ms + 1cs · "Keep me!" · Psa 16:1; standard prayer address
19 שָׁמְרֵ֥הוּ שמר Qal Imper. 2ms + 3ms · "Keep him!" ·
20 שַׁלְּחֵ֥נִי שלח Piel Imper. 2ms + 1cs · "Send me!" · Isa 6:8; Isaiah's response
21 שִׁמְר֥וּנִי שמר Qal Imper. 2mp + 1cs · "Keep me! (pl.)" ·

Infinitive Construct + Suffix (Subject Role)

# Front (Hebrew) Back
22 בְּ/שָׁמְר/וֹ שמר Qal Inf.Const. + בְּ + 3ms · "when he kept" · SUBJECT suffix; not object
23 כִּ/שְׁמֹ֣עַ/וֹ שמע Qal Inf.Const. + כְּ + 3ms · "when he heard" · Most common narrative temporal formula
24 בְּ/רֹאֹת/וֹ ראה Qal Inf.Const. + בְּ + 3ms · "when he saw" · III-ה Inf.Const. + 3ms
25 כְּ/צֵאת/וֹ יצא Qal Inf.Const. + כְּ + 3ms · "when he went out" · I-י Inf.Const. (צֵאת) + 3ms
26 בִּ/הְיוֹת/וֹ היה Qal Inf.Const. + בְּ + 3ms · "while he was" · III-ה + 3ms; temporal durative

Suffix Forms — Identification Cards

# Front (Hebrew) Back
27 נִי (on verb) 1cs object suffix · "me" · Most common verb suffix
28 ךָ (on verb) 2ms object suffix · "you (ms)" ·
29 הוּ / וֹ (on verb) 3ms object suffix · "him / it" · Short form וֹ very common
30 נוּ (on verb) 1cp object suffix · "us" · Shureq + nun
31 נּוּ (with dagesh on impf.) Energic nun + 3ms suffix · "him" · Distinguishes from 1cp נוּ
32 הָ (on verb) 3fs object suffix · "her / it (f)" · Final he with qamets