Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct Morphology Deck¶

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32 cards · 4 roots × 8 root class groupings · covers Strong A, Strong B (gutt.), III-ה, Biconsonantal, I-י, I-נ, I-aleph, and preposition patterns.

Group 1 — Strong A-class (שמר)¶

#	Hebrew	Answer
1	שְׁמֹר	Qal IC (bare) · שמר · Strong A · "to keep/guard" — identical to Imperative 2ms; context distinguishes
2	לִ/שְׁמֹר	Qal IC + לְ · שמר · Strong A · "to keep/in order to keep" — hireq under ל; purpose/complementary
3	בִּ/שְׁמֹר	Qal IC + בְּ · שמר · Strong A · "when he kept" — temporal clause (when/while)
4	כִּ/שְׁמֹר	Qal IC + כְּ · שמר · Strong A · "as/when he kept" — temporal clause (as/when)

#	Hebrew	Answer
5	שְׁמֹ֣עַ	Qal IC (bare) · שמע · Strong B (gutt. R3) · "to hear" — patach before ע; holem on R2
6	לִ/שְׁמֹ֣עַ	Qal IC + לְ · שמע · Strong B · "to hear" — hireq under ל; gutt. patach at R3
7	כִּ/שְׁמֹ֣עַ	Qal IC + כְּ · שמע · Strong B · "when/as he heard" — temporal formula; classic OT narrative pattern
8	מֵ/שְׁמֹ֣עַ	Qal IC + מִן · שמע · Strong B · "from hearing / after hearing" — מִ + IC = from/cessation

#	Hebrew	Answer
9	רְאוֹת	Qal IC (bare) · ראה · III-ה · "seeing / to see" — וֹת ending (holem-waw + taw) diagnostic
10	לִ/רְאוֹת	Qal IC + לְ · ראה · III-ה · "to see" — purpose; וֹת ending
11	עֲשׂוֹת	Qal IC (bare) · עשה · III-ה + I-gutt. · "doing / to do" — chateph under ע; וֹת ending
12	לַ/עֲשׂוֹת	Qal IC + לְ · עשה · III-ה + I-gutt. · "to do / to make" — chateph forces qamets under ל
13	הֱיוֹת	Qal IC (bare) · היה · III-ה · "being / to be" — hateph-seghol under ה; bare IC without preposition

#	Hebrew	Answer
14	בֹּא	Qal IC (bare) · בוא · Biconsonantal · "coming / to come" — full long vowel (holem-waw); aleph quiesces
15	לָ/בֹא	Qal IC + לְ · בוא · Biconsonantal · "to come/enter" — לָ (qamets) before biconsonantal IC
16	שׁוּב	Qal IC (bare) · שוב · Biconsonantal · "returning / to return" — full shureq
17	לָ/שׁוּב	Qal IC + לְ · שוב · Biconsonantal · "to return" — לָ prefix; full shureq
18	לָ/מוּת	Qal IC + לְ · מות · Biconsonantal · "to die" — full shureq; לָ prefix

#	Hebrew	Answer
19	לֶ/כֶת	Qal IC · הלך · I-י · "to go" — contracted; seghol-taw; original ל is fused into the form; no separate bare form
20	שֶׁ/בֶת	Qal IC (bare) · ישב · I-י · "dwelling / to dwell" — seghol-bet-taw; yod drops
21	לָ/שֶׁ/בֶת	Qal IC + לְ · ישב · I-י · "to sit/dwell" — seghol-taw; לָ prefix
22	צֵאת	Qal IC (bare) · יצא · I-י + III-א · "going out / to go out" — tsere + aleph + taw; aleph quiesces
23	לָ/דַ/עַת	Qal IC + לְ · ידע · I-י · "to know" — patach-ayin-taw; dagesh in ד; לָ prefix

#	Hebrew	Answer
24	תֵּת	Qal IC (bare) · נתן · I-נ · "to give" — both nuns drop; very short form; tsere on taw
25	לָ/תֵת	Qal IC + לְ · נתן · I-נ · "to give" — לָ prefix; both nuns dropped; 6× Torah
26	נְסֹ֣עַ	Qal IC (bare) · נסע · I-נ · "to set out" — nun RETAINED (contrast with נתן); gutt. patach at R3

#	Hebrew	Answer
27	לֵ/אמֹר	Qal IC + לְ · אמר · I-aleph · "saying" — quotative formula; tsere under ל; hateph-seghol under א; ~2,600× OT
28	אֱמֹר	Qal IC (bare) · אמר · I-aleph · "to say/saying" — hateph-seghol under aleph; composite shewa
29	לֶ/אֱכֹל	Qal IC + לְ · אכל · I-aleph · "to eat" — seghol under ל + hateph; complementary/purpose

#	Hebrew	Answer
30	מֵ/עֲשׂוֹת	Qal IC + מִן · עשה · III-ה + I-gutt. · "from doing / after doing" — מֵ + IC = cessation/from
31	שְׁמֹר (no context)	Ambiguous — IC or Imperative 2ms of שמר (both = שְׁמֹר); if follows preposition = IC; if command to 2nd person = Imperative
32	לֶ/כֶת vs. לֵ֥ךְ	לֶ/כֶת = IC of הלך ("to go") · לֵ֥ךְ = Imperative 2ms of הלך ("Go!") — IC ends in taw; Imperative does not

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