Lecture 21: Biblical Hebrew Grammar I - Dr. Bill Barrick

[@marshallschettler3846]

Dr Barrick was sick for a week and so the class is behind on the syllabus. So if anyone is following along with the grammar and workbook; before you start this lecture you should have read chapter 17 and done workbook chapter 16. Next lecture is read 18 and do workbook 17.

[@williamjayaraj2244]

Thank you sir.

[@Pacmanite]

It makes sense that they don't call the modal imperfects "subjunctives" in Hebrew. The term "subjunctive" means literally "joined-under", implying subordination, and thus denoting that the subjunctive mood is used in subordinate clauses. It is a bit of a misnomer in both Greek and Latin, as these languages also have many independent uses of the subjunctive and the independent uses can be shown to be more ancient and basic than the dependent uses. I think it was a good idea not to carry on the tradition of calling the moods "subjunctive" in Hebrew, especially since it seems that Hebrew writings prefer paratactic (and... and... and...) sentence structures, rather than employing subordinate clauses, or at least not using subordination nearly to the same extent as Greek and Latin. The terms "jussive" and "cohortative (/hortative)" are also found in Greek and Latin grammars, describing various independent uses of the subjunctive, so there is some consistency in terminology. I think the point the Hebrew grammarians were trying to stress was that Hebrew uses its modal imperfects more often independently than Greek or Latin use their "subjunctives" independently.

[@matthewwoo6684]

If this semester is 90% of what you need to know for Biblical Hebrew, what's in the other 2 semesters? Is it covering all the abnormal cases or something like that?

[@VirginiaGeorge]

I know this is old, but in case someone in the present comes along, there are a total of (I think) 7 binyan, in my Hebrew I class we have only covered 2 by the end of it. There are also other rules and vocab, weak verbs, etc.

[@robertdesantis6205]

My hebrew textbook says jussive is for 2nd and 3rd person

[@sammcnamara1763]

Is it me or did I somehow miss 3 lectures between this video and the last.

[@Tilde1337]

I feel the same way

[@wjhssjhhrfmj]

At mark 24:00 Barrick WRONGLY teaches (AND illustrates) that Hebrew prohibitions are formed by adding the negative particle/adverb "LO" to an IMPERATIVE. He then doubles down on this (26:10) after a student in class questions him about the inconsistency of what he is hearing/seeing and that which he reads in his textbook. Barrick apologizes for the confusion and then "clarifies" that 'while the prohibition with l'o is "most often" formed with the imperfect, "... it can also be formed with the imperative." At 26:22 he then moves on to discuss the softer prohibition expressed with the negative particle 'al, and once again illustrates this (in his sides) using IMPERATIVE forms. However, at THIS point he corrects himself by stating that " 'al is never used with the imperative, but that "...'al is ONLY used with the imperfect." And then reads/vocalizes the prohibitions using the IMPERFECT forms. A new day/lecture starts at 58:45 and Barrick begins by showing corrected slides for the prohibition - this time using IMPERFECT forms. Yet he TRIPLES-down on the statement that a prohibition (with l'o) can be expressed by adding the negative particle to an IMPERATIVE form. ??? I wonder about this. This is not confirmed in any Hebrew Grammar I've consulted. All of them say that Hebrew prohibitions or negative commands are NEVER expressed by adding EITHER l'o OR 'al to IMPERATIVE forms, but ONLY to IMPERFECT forms. Which is to say that the students' textbooks were right. Barrick was wrong on this point. Hopefully this will help any students who later navigate here. Your welcome!

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[@biodhya1080]

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