Biblical Hebrew Perfect Tense Conjugation

An animation showing how the personal pronouns become the endings of perfect tense (pa'al form) verb conjugations, with narration.

[@luminitaprisecaru1883]

This is great. Well done. Thanks from Ethiopia

[@PrescreenTestMinistryVideos]

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[@jfhultin]

extremely well done. Thank you!

[@Xgy33]

You are a genius!!! omg

[@herbertyang3492]

Thank you~~ from South Korea. . . a big help for a beginner like me. . .

[@timmcninch]

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[@yoonsookim1574]

So original~!! and it's a big help for students, like me~! Thank you :)

[@charlesguez4632]

MAKES PERFECT SENSE FOR 3 THOUSAND YEARS.

[@sosiesosie9162]

If you could add its meaning in English, please. Thx

[@eagle00881]

So good so clear, if have some verse from bible, that would be even better. Way to go!

[@rettcobb9821]

Interesting that you're rolling the "r" in this video. Is that because it's ancient? I might be mistaken, but I seem to remember, in other of your videos, you speak with the throated modern Hebrew"r" (Germanic). I have wondered about that topic and presumed the ancients spoke with a rolled "r", (the modern pronunciation being due merely to cultural transmission).

[@timmcninch]

This is an older video, before I developed “better” pronunciation, lol. I don’t know for sure how resh was pronounced in antiquity. But given the way it often functions grammatically like a guttural, I wonder if the throated version is more likely.

[@jesusstudentbrett]

טוב מיוד!! Well done Maybe it might help to mention this Perfect verb form is also called *Qatal* , correct? So people can connect this to other learning resources that don't say Perfect Pa'al. !!!תודה רבה

[@howtorooms3621]

טוב מאוד,

[@urlychlikson4352]

alwyas tech us tim you are good teacher.

[@Vlbrt1111]

Hey Timmy .. what’s Malakhta mean ? Also R is pronounced R not like French gh .. this is Hebrew a Semitic language .. these modern state of Israel people most of their native languages were eastern European and Russian so they don’t know Middle Eastern Semitic languages !!

[@Davey3]

What in tar-nations is this והשתחויתם ? It’s found in Exodus 24:1 I think the last two letters are תם = you did or you kept or you The root is שחה I think the vav at the beginning is the conjunction “and” , but what is the vav and yod before the last two letters? And what is the hey after the conjunction. Any help any videos that can explain it???

[@Abilliph]

Don't know if it's still relevant.. but.. Yes.. the TEM is you in plural, and the VE is and. It's actually a very unusual verb.. ש.ח.ו.ה/י It means "bow down", and it is used only in the Binyan HITPA'EL.. signifying an action you are doing on yourself (התפעל). So, it should be HIT(SH)A(KH)A(V)E(H)... The KHA is an addition, because it's a 4 letter root. In most cases it should be without the A vowel after it.. this is an exception. In HITPAEL, when a SHIN or a TSADI is after the TAV.. the letters switch for convenience.. So now it becomes HI(SH)TA(KH)A(V)E(H).. the correct form of "he bowed down". Now, we can use your form.. VE-HI(SH)TA(KH)A(V)E(H)-TEM... "and you(plural) bowed down". Now only the HEH... when we add a suffix to a verb that ends in HEH, it becomes a YOD... But it isn't really pronounced. It's the same as 'ALA(Y)V or 'ALE(Y)NU.. the Y isn't pronounced.. and the original root is AYIN . LAMED . HEH/YOD. ע.ל.ה/י most Hebrew speakers also don't know those rules, they are just used to saying it this way from experience.

[@Davey3]

@@Abilliph thank you so much 😊

[@andrewbrown142]

You might need to explain later about the aleph and he not taking the simple sheva in biblical Hebrew.

[@hectorpg1181]

It would be great if you use English subtitles

[@timmcninch]

Definitely something I plan on for future videos! Thanks!

[@theadvocate3947]

So the simple past and the perfect tense is the same?

[@timmcninch]

Generally, yes. Especially so in modern Hebrew. Ancient Hebrew grammar is a bit more complex, but it’s still a good rule of thumb.