1. Clause Introducers

2. Waw Copulativum

3. The conjunction ְ is proclitic.
‫ו‬
It connects with the following
word to form a unit.
The normal form is the Waw
with Schwa.
w>

4. ~yhiloa/ x:Wr the Spirit of God
~yhiloa/ x:Wrw> and the Spirit of God

5. Before article unchanged #r<a'h' w
+ > #r<a'h'w>
Before the consonants Bet (b),
Waw (w), Mem (m) and Pe (p) rq,Bo w
+ > rq,boW
(Mnemonic word: BUMAF) and
Before Schwa mobile is w> to W. laeWmv. w
+ > laeWmv.W
Before y> contraction to long i hd"Why> +w> hd"WhywI
Before Chatéf-vowel of the
corresponding full-vowel tm,a/ +w> tm,a/w<
Before ~yhil{a/ long e ~yhil{a/ +w> ~yhil{awE)
Before yn"da]
o yn"doa] +w> yn"doaw:)
Before hwhy as before yn"da]
o hw"hy> +w> hw"hyw:
Before the stressed syllable with
preceding Qámes Whboñw" WhTo

6. We will come back to this later.

7. We will come back to this later.

8. ‫( מ י‬who?)
ִ
‫( מ ה־‬what?)
ַ

9. ‫מי‬ִ Examples of
Interrogative
after nominal in
construct
‫ְן־מי‬
ִ ‫ב‬ whose son?
Pronouns
after
prepositions
‫למי‬
ִ for whom?
after
‫א־ת־מי‬
ִ ְ whom?
‫מה־‬ ַ
‫מה־זא־ת‬ְ ַ What is this?
before gutturals
and Resch
ׁ‫מה־אנו ש‬
ְ ָֽ What is a man?
‫מה ְ ְִׂשי־ת‬
ְ ִ ‫־ע‬ What have you
done?
‫מה־הדברְהזה‬
ַ ַ ַ What is this
thing?