Sound (Psalm 119:3)

Part Of Speech:

Transliteration:

af lo-fahalu avlah, beedrahav halahu

Vocabulary Guide:

Yes, they do not work iniquity, they walk in his ways.

yes

Particle, conjuction

not

Particle, negative

they work

Verb: qal, perfect,

3^rd person, plural, common; also note brief explanation below... very important!

iniquity im-por-tant ac-cent mark, “atnah”—a principal divider within a verse-- memorize this one, See Ges.§ 15f2, disjunctive,

Noun: Common, feminine, singular,

absolute

in

Particle, preposition

his ways

Noun: Common, fem. and masc.,

plural, construct

Suffix: 3^rd person, masc., singular

they walk

Verb: qal, perfect, 3^rd person, pl.,

common (see chart for qal model [paradigm]

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Translation:

Yes, they do not work iniquity, they walk in his ways.

Verbs:

fahalu

f[p]aha l is the root. This word is used as a general root model for paradigms instead of qatol. Read Ges. § 33, esp. e and f. Models are referred to by their radicals; read § 41 d. This is important, try to understand it.

This is a qal, perfect verb. See the qatal_perfect chart for an alternative binyan (“building”, aspects of its root). Hopefully, we will discuss several types of binyanim in the course. But for now, get the basic idea of how verb forms change in structure and meaning.

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