Structure of Unit IV: Lessons 24-35

12 lessons remain in the course (Lesson 36 is a wrap-up); two for each of the six derived stems

• The first (even number) will cover the “Strong” Verb paradigm
  • The meaning of the stem
  • The spelling of the stem
    • \(Pre\) sequence - the word-initial Prefix/Preformative and \(V_1\) vowel combinations
    • \(V_S\) formulas to help you “diagnose” the stem when you encounter it in the Bible
  • Complete forms of each conjugation using the קטל paradigm verb
    • The Perfect and Imperfect forms will have the Audio from Chapter 15 of Hebrew Quest
    • The Anki deck will have exercises to help you with paradigm identification
    • Each lesson will have a worksheet for you to practice the paradigm
    • As we have said, identification of patterns is more important than memorization of paradigms
• The second (odd number) will address weak verb deviations
  • The “b-side” will cover spelling changes caused by the behaviors of gutturals and other weak letters, Geminate verbs, Biconsonantal verbs, and other irregular verbs
  • Most of the time, you will already know the concepts
    • For example, in some forms of the Niphal Strong paradigm, \(R_1\) takes a Dagesh Forte
    • You already know that if \(R_1\) is a guttural or Resh, \(R_1\) will reject the Dagesh Forte and often (but not always), there will be Compensatory Lengthening