Lesson 18 Qal Imperative

To understand Biblical Hebrew, we must have an understanding of volitional verbs.

Lesson 18 marks the start of the second semester of a traditional first-year Hebrew Course. In other words, congratulations! You are halfway through the course!

Many students believe the second half of the course is easier than the first half. This is because the foundational work is behind us; reading the Bible, while not yet fluid, is definitely becoming more enjoyable.

We have covered the two primary uses of the Qal stem: the Perfect and Imperfect (including the Waw-Consecutive). For the remainder of Unit 3, we will round out our study of Qal Verbs with the Volitional forms (Lesson 18), the Infinitive forms (Lessons 20 and 21), and the Participle forms (Lesson 22).

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LESSON ITINERARY

  1. 2nd Person Imperative
  2. 1st Person Cohortative
  3. 3rd Person Jussive
  4. Negative Commands do not use the Imperative
  5. Complications

EQUIPMENT CHECK

Before continuing, can you describe the following concepts?

  • The Qal Imperfect Strong form
  • The Rule of Sheva