"Qal Infinitive Construct Parsing Drill" — Ch20 Parsing Exercise

Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct

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This 25-item parsing drill covers Qal IC forms across all major root classes, organized in three parts. Part A presents strong and B-class roots (including I-aleph and III-ה) with a preposition, asking students to identify the root, root class, preposition, and function. Part B covers III-ה and biconsonantal roots similarly. Part C focuses on I-י and I-נ contracted forms plus disambiguation — students must distinguish IC from surface-identical Imperative, Imperfect, and Perfect forms using morphological and contextual cues.

Sample Questions

Q1. 1 לִ/שְׁמֹר

A: IC שמר Strong A לְ Purpose/Complementary — Most common IC pattern; Shewa + Holem

Q2. 2 לִ/שְׁמֹ֣עַ

A: IC שמע Strong B (gutt. R3) לְ Purpose/Complementary — Pathach at R3 ( ע )

Q3. 3 כִּ/שְׁמֹ֣עַ

A: IC שמע Strong B (gutt.) כְּ Temporal (when/as) — "when/as he heard"; כְּ + IC = temporal