Hebrew For Dummies. Jill Suzanne Jacobs

TABLE 2-6 Nonbinary Pronominal Suffixes

Second person singular	ךֶ (heh)
Second person plural	כֶמֵן (hemen)
Third person singular (single subject)	ה ֶ (eh)
Third person plural (single subject)	מֵן (men)
Third person singular (plural subject)	יהֶ ֶ (he’eh)
Third person plural (plural subject)	יהֶמֵןֵ (hemen)

Check out this YouTube video on Hebrew pronomial suffixes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaLTQF39Hj4.

      Applying adjectives

In Hebrew, the noun comes first, followed by the adjective, which is the opposite of English. So, for example, you say יַלְדָּה הוֹבָה (yahl-dah toh-vah; girl good), meaning “good girl.” You also need to know that adjectives need to match the nouns they modify, both in gender and in number. Table 2-7 lists some common adjectives. For more on number and gender, see the section “Understanding Gender and Number” later in this chapter.

TABLE 2-7 Exploring Some Common Adjectives

Hebrew	Pronunciation	Translation
הוֹב	tohv	good (MS)
הוֹבָה	toh-vah	good (FS)
הוֹבִים	toh-veem	good (MP)
הוֹבוֹת	toh-voht	good (FP)
רַע	rah	bad (MS)
רָעָה	rah-ah	bad (FS)
רָעִים	rah-eem	bad (MP)
רָעוֹת	rah-oht	bad (FP)
גָּדוֹל	gah-dohl	big (MS)
גְּדוֹלָה	guh-doh-lah	big (FS)
גְּדוֹלִים	guh-doh-eem	big (MP)
גְּדוֹלוֹת	guh-dohloht	big (FP)
קָהָן	kah-tahn	small (MS)
קְהַנָה	kuh-tah-nah	small (FS)
קְהָנִים	kuh-tah-neem	small (MP)
קְהָנוֹת	kuh-tah-noht	small (FP)
מָהִיר	mah-heer	quick (MS)
מְהִירָה	muh-hee-rah	quick (FS)
מְהִירִים	muh-hee-reem	quick (MP)
רוֹת	muh-hee-roht	quick (FP)
אִהַּי	ee-tee	slow (MS)
אִהַּי	ee-teet	slow (FS)
אִהִּיִּים	ee- tee-yeem	slow (MP)
אִהִּיּוֹת	ee-tee-ee-yoht	slow (FP)

In addition, use this adjective pattern: Add an י (ee) ending to change a noun into an adjective. אָבִיב (ah-veev) is “spring” (the season), (ah-vee-vee) is “springlike,” יַלְדוּת (yahl-doot) is “childhood,” and יַלְדוּתִי (yahl-doo-tee) is “juvenile.” Cool, huh?

      Pinpointing Hebrew verbs

      The Hebrew verb is an amazing animal! Verbs are conjugated in the present tense according to gender (male and female) and number (singular and plural). In the future and past tenses, verbs have gender, number, and person (first, second, or third). In the imperative (command form), you have only three forms to choose