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  • From: "B. M. Rocine" <brocine AT twcny.rr.com>
  • To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Weak Verb Question
  • Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:50:20 -0400

Hi Daniel,

It's probably too late for this advice, but my advice is to do them first, even before strong verbs. Strong verbs are easy after you have done the weak. But weak are all the harder after you have strong verbs in your head always fighting against learning the weak. In addition, the weak verbs are among the most frequently used verbs in the Hebrew Bible, so there is a big return for the investment.

My book _Learning Biblical Hebrew: A New Approach Using Discourse Analysis_ teaches weak verbs (in wayyiqtol!) first with great success.

The last thing I think one should do is learn the strong verbs all the way through the forms (qatal, yiqtol, wayyiqtol, imperative, infinitive, participle) before learning anything about weak verbs.

Shalom,
Bryan

Daniel Rodriguez wrote:
Hello All,

Does anyone out there have some tips/tricks to memorizing weak verb
morphology?

Todah,
Daniel
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