שְׁמֹר Qal IC (bare) · שמר · Strong A · "to keep/guard" — identical to Imperative 2ms; context distinguishes BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct לִ/שְׁמֹר Qal IC + לְ · שמר · Strong A · "to keep/in order to keep" — hireq under ל; purpose/complementary BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct בִּ/שְׁמֹר Qal IC + בְּ · שמר · Strong A · "when he kept" — temporal clause (when/while) BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct כִּ/שְׁמֹר Qal IC + כְּ · שמר · Strong A · "as/when he kept" — temporal clause (as/when) BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct שְׁמֹ֣עַ Qal IC (bare) · שמע · Strong B (gutt. R3) · "to hear" — patach before ע; holem on R2 BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct לִ/שְׁמֹ֣עַ Qal IC + לְ · שמע · Strong B · "to hear" — hireq under ל; gutt. patach at R3 BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct כִּ/שְׁמֹ֣עַ Qal IC + כְּ · שמע · Strong B · "when/as he heard" — temporal formula; classic OT narrative pattern BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct מֵ/שְׁמֹ֣עַ Qal IC + מִן · שמע · Strong B · "from hearing / after hearing" — מִ + IC = from/cessation BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct רְאוֹת Qal IC (bare) · ראה · III-ה · "seeing / to see" — וֹת ending (holem-waw + taw) diagnostic BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct לִ/רְאוֹת Qal IC + לְ · ראה · III-ה · "to see" — purpose; וֹת ending BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct עֲשׂוֹת Qal IC (bare) · עשה · III-ה + I-gutt. · "doing / to do" — chateph under ע; וֹת ending BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct לַ/עֲשׂוֹת Qal IC + לְ · עשה · III-ה + I-gutt. · "to do/make" — chateph forces qamets under ל BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct הֱיוֹת Qal IC (bare) · היה · III-ה · "being / to be" — hateph-seghol under ה; bare IC without preposition BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct בֹּא Qal IC (bare) · בוא · Biconsonantal · "coming / to come" — full long vowel; aleph quiesces BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct לָ/בֹא Qal IC + לְ · בוא · Biconsonantal · "to come/enter" — לָ (qamets) before biconsonantal IC BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct שׁוּב Qal IC (bare) · שוב · Biconsonantal · "returning / to return" — full shureq BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct לָ/שׁוּב Qal IC + לְ · שוב · Biconsonantal · "to return" — לָ prefix; full shureq BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct לָ/מוּת Qal IC + לְ · מות · Biconsonantal · "to die" — full shureq; לָ prefix BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct לֶ/כֶת Qal IC · הלך · I-yod · "to go" — contracted; seghol-taw; original ל fused; no separate bare form BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct שֶׁ/בֶת Qal IC (bare) · ישב · I-yod · "dwelling / to dwell" — seghol-bet-taw; yod drops BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct לָ/שֶׁ/בֶת Qal IC + לְ · ישב · I-yod · "to sit/dwell" — seghol-taw; לָ prefix BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct צֵאת Qal IC (bare) · יצא · I-yod + III-aleph · "going out / to go out" — tsere + aleph + taw; aleph quiesces BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct לָ/דַ/עַת Qal IC + לְ · ידע · I-yod · "to know" — patach-ayin-taw; dagesh in ד; לָ prefix BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct תֵּת Qal IC (bare) · נתן · I-nun · "to give" — both nuns drop; very short form; tsere on taw BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct לָ/תֵת Qal IC + לְ · נתן · I-nun · "to give" — לָ prefix; both nuns dropped; 6x Torah BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct נְסֹ֣עַ Qal IC (bare) · נסע · I-nun · "to set out" — nun RETAINED (contrast נתן); gutt. patach at R3 BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct לֵ/אמֹר Qal IC + לְ · אמר · I-aleph · "saying" — quotative; tsere under ל; hateph-seghol under א; ~2600x OT BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct אֱמֹר Qal IC (bare) · אמר · I-aleph · "to say/saying" — hateph-seghol under aleph BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct לֶ/אֱכֹל Qal IC + לְ · אכל · I-aleph · "to eat" — seghol under ל + hateph; complementary/purpose BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct מֵ/עֲשׂוֹת Qal IC + מִן · עשה · III-ה + I-gutt. · "from doing / after doing" — מֵ + IC = cessation/from BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct שְׁמֹר (without context) Ambiguous: IC or Imperative 2ms of שמר — if follows preposition = IC; if command to 2nd person = Imperative BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct לֶ/כֶת vs. לֵ֥ךְ לֶ/כֶת = IC of הלך ("to go"); לֵ֥ךְ = Imperative 2ms ("Go!") — IC ends in taw; Imperative does not BBH::Morphology::Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct