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Torah Vocabulary-Deep

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ה־   הַ־‎, הָ־, הֶ־‎   Hah   THE-definite article TOnight, TOday, etc   ה־‎ follows: לְ־‎, בְּ־‎ כְּ־‎ they merge consonant after ה־‎ gets dagesh except=א,ה,ח,ע,ר in which case the vowel in the ה־‎ changes: If stressed הָ־=ר,ע,א If unstressed הֶ־‎=ע If stressed הַ־=ה,ח If unstressed kamats/kkamats+ הֶ־=ה,ח‎  
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ל־‎   לְ־, ל־, לִ־, לַ־, לֶ־, לָ־   l'-, l-, li-, la-, le-, la-   PREP TO/FOR-use w destination TO/FOR-use w recipient of action or possessor   סָגוֹר‎=close לִסְגּוֹר=to close pa'ál construction: #1 vowel=לִ #2 vowel=לַ #3 vowel=לֶ #4 vowel=לָ Rare vowel=לֵ or ל pi'él, hitpa'él, hitpu'al, & hif'íl construction: Vowel=לְ  
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ו־   וִ־,וּ־,וַ־,וֶ־,וָ־, וְ־‎   W', Wah, Weh, Oo, Wee   And_ *used before listed items except 1st *ו־‎ attached to Vb may flip its conjug *Vb in perfect tense uses suffix conjug *Vb in imperfect tense uses prefix conjug *vav hahipúkh=ו of flipping *vav hakhibúr=ו of connection, which may have diff vowel   וְ=default starts w: יְ‎=וִי labial consonant וּ=בומפ shva וּ=בְ Kvowel=non-kvowel וַאֲדָמָה‎ וֶאֱיָל‎ וָחֳדָשׁים‎ kvowel +י =kvowel can be shva & ו‎ can be וִ‎ or וֶ (ו־‎ + הֱיִיתֶם‎ =וֶהֱיִיתֶם,‎ וֶהְיִיתֶם, & וִהְיִיתֶם) stressed 1st vowel=וָ  
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יום   יוֹם   Yohm   Day    
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ו     Oh   Them    
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ול     Ool   And the__, And for__    
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את   אֵת, אֶת־   Eht   1)THOU-proto-sinaitic 2)PREP USED WHEN: *def DO is a proper noun *def DO is a personal pn-where it is incorporated into the form of את *noun phrase beginning with ה־‎ *noun phrase headed by a noun compound ending   a particle used in front of the direct object of a verb, in this case "the heavens and the earth", indicating that this is what is being "created"  
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אלהים   אֱלֹהִים   Ehloh'heeym   God(s)    
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ימים   1) יָמִים (2 יַמִּים   1)Yahmeeym 2)Yahmeeym   1)Days 2)Seas    
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לילה   לַיְלָה   Liy'Lah   Night    
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בקר   בֹּקֶר-, בוקר   Bohkehr   Morning    
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ערב   עֲרָב,עָרַב,עֶרֶב, עֶרֶב־   Erehb Erehb Ahrayb Ahrahb   1)Day before__ 2)Evening 3)Guarantee, Pretty 4)Arabia (Peninsula)    
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מועד   מוֹעֵד   Moh'Ayd   1)Appointment 2)Season 3)Festival    
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מועדים   מוֹעֲדִים   Moh'Ahdeeym   1)Appointments 2)Seasons 3)Festivals    
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שנה   שָׁנָה   Shahnah   1)Year (time) 2)Repeat another time    
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שנים   שָׁנִים‎   Shah'Neeym   1)Years (time) 2)Repeats many times    
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רקיע   1)רָקִיעַ 2)רְקִיעַ־ singular construct   1)Rah'Keey'Yah 2)R'Kee'Yah   1)Firmament-the concave surface on which the heavenly bodies appear to move 2)Sky 3)Heavens 4)Expanse   Firmament (Hebrew Mythology): a surface separating the various levels of heaven  
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רקיעים   רְקִיעִים   R'Keey'Yeeym   1)Firmaments 2)Skies 3)Heavens 4)Expanses    
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אות   1)אוֹת (m) 2)אוֹת (f)   Oht   1)Sign (m) 2)Omen (m) 3)Cue (m) 4)Letter (f) consonant?    
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אותות   אוֹתוֹת‎   Oht'Oht   1)Signs (m) 2)Omens (m) 3)Cues (m)    
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אותיות   אוֹתִיּוֹת   Oht'Eey'Oht   Letters (f) consonents?    
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כי   כִּי   Keey   Adverb 1)So 2)Thus Conjunction 1)That 2)For 3)Since 4)Because   Hint=KEY is FOR a door or car  
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טוב   1) טוֹב 2) טוּב   1)Tov 2)Toohv   1)To be/do good (v), Kind (adj) 2)Goodness (n), Virtue (n)    
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מין   מִין   Meeyn   1)Species* 2)Kind 3)Type   *GREEK SEPTUAGINT uses: γένος (genos)-->genus [Latin] γένη (gene) *LATIN VULGATE uses Speciem  
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אשר   1)אֲשֶׁר 2)אָשֵׁר   1)AhShehr 2)AhShayr   1)PRONOUN: That, which, who, whom (relative pn used to introduce a relative clause). CONJUNCTION: (relativizer, used to introduce a relative clause) 2)Asher=a son of Jacob   אֲשֶׁר as a conjunction is a relativizer, which is something Standard English doesn't have  
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בין   בֵּין   Bayn   1)Between 2)Among 3)Amid   Hint=B__n  
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מעל   1)מֵעַל 2)מָעַל   1)May'Ahl 2)Mah'Ahl   1)PREPOSITION=Above, over, higher than, more than 2)VERB=commit sacrilege, steal something from the Temple in Jerusalem, use sacred property for personal use   1)CONTRACTION of מ-‎ (mi-, “of”) + על‎ (al, “on”). Hint:Mal= to steal from temple, to profane  
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מתחת   מִתַּחַת   Meetah'Chat   Below    
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ב־   בְּ־, בַּ, בִּ   Beey-, Bah-, B'-   1)PREP=in (place/time), at, with   בְּ־‎ rarely means into, is strictly a PREP, & always takes an object-ie בִּפְנִים‎ “in/inside” is w/o object; לְ־‎ more often = in/into. Hebrew Months; ie 17th of Tammuz (17 in Tammuz) =‏ 17 בתמוז לְ־‎ is used with Roman months.  
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בו   בּוֹ   Boh   in them (in+3rd person masc singular personal prounoun as an object)    
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שמים   שָׁמַיִם   Shah'Mah'Yeem   PLURAL NOUN=the sky, skies, heavens, heaven   Sky-Water=Sham (שָׁמַ) derived from Akkadian samu meaning "sky" & Hebrew mayim (מַיִם) meaning "water"  
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ים   יָם   Yahm   Sea, West (Biblical Cardinal Direction)   Not to be confused with יום‎ (day) even though their plural ימים is identical in Classic Hebrew  
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היתה   הָיְתָה   HahYuhTah   WAS-3rd person feminine singular past    
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תהו   תֹּהוּ   TohHoo   Formless, Void, desolation, nothingness, emptiness   Similar to תְּהוֹם the abyss  
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בהו     BohHoo   Void    
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ראשית   רֵאשִׁית   RaySheeyt   1)The 1st in place, time, order or rank (firstfruit) 2) beginning, chief, first, principal thing   from ראש meaning head  
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ראש   רֹאשׁ   Rohsh   Head, Leader,   Rosh Hashanah= Head Year = Hebrew New Year  
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ברא   1) בָּרָא 2) בֵּרֵא   1) BahRah   VERBE1=To Create Verbe2=To Cut Down, To Clear   Verb only used wrt God  
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חשך   חֹשֶׁךְ   ChoShek   1) darkness 2) evil, forces of darkness    
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על   על־, עַל   Ahl, Ahl-   1) on, upon, over; about, concerning 2)Super-: above; more than; larger than    
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פני   1) פְּנֵי־ , פָּנַי 2) פָּנָה, פְּנֵה   1) P'Nay-, PahNahy 2) P'Nah, PahNah   1) NOUN=FACE, surFACE 2) VERB=to face, to turn    
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תהום   תְּהוֹם   T'Hoom   ABYSS, VOID, (cosmology) The Deep, depth; (figuratively) large difference    
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רוח   רוּחַ     wind, breath, spirit    
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רחף   רָחַף   RahChahf   VERB-qal=to brood; to be relaxed, TO FLUTTER, to move, to shake VERB-piel=TO HOVER    
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פני     P'Nay   FACE, SurFACE    
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יהוה   secular Jews vocalize as אֲדֹנָי‎ orthodox Jews vocalize as הַשֵּׁם‎   Adonai Hashem YHWH-pronunciation lost     the original pronunciation was probably lost around the Hellenistic era Tetragrammaton, one of the names of God. The proper, personal name of the Jewish God.  
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BEING VERBS   *יהוה -I am that I am/ I will be what I will be/ I was what I was (all tenses) *היתה -__was (past tense) *היה -to be (present tense) *יהי -he becomes (imperative) *הָיְתָה-she became        
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THE VOID   *תהו= void, formless *תהום= void, abyss *בהו = void, empty        
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מרחפת       was moving    
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יאמר   1. יֹאמֶר 2. יֵאָמַר   1. Yohmehr 2. YayAhmahr   1. [He/it] will say (third-person masculine singular future) 2. [It] will be said (third-person masculine singular future)   1. from אָמַר 2. from נאמר  
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יהי   יְהִי   Y'Heey   IMPERATIVE VERB=be    
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היה   הָיָה   HahYah   to be, to exist   The present tense is usually omitted; in some cases a pronoun (such as הוא‎,‎ יש‎, or הינו‎) is used rather than any form of the verb  
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אור   אוֹר   Ohr   1. NOUN=visible light (electromagnetic radiation of any frequency), light source, fire, "light of understanding" 2. VERB=to shine, to illuminate    
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ירא   יָרֵא   YahrUh   to fear, be afraid, to revere, respect, stand in awe (of)   translated beheld in English  
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BEHOLD VERBS   *infinitive לירוא \ לִירֹא‎ *present יָרֵא *future יִירָא‎ *imperative יְרָא *passive counterpart נוֹרָא‎        
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יבדל       VERB=will separate oneself from, will separate (imperfect, 3rd person, sing, masc)   Strongs=914, Gen 1:6,7  
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קרא   קָרָא   kahrah   1. to call, 2. to read   pa'al construction: infinitive לקרוא \ לִקְרֹא‎ future יִקְרָא‎ passive counterpart נִקְרָא‎  
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עשה   עָשָׂה   ahsah   Forming words pertaining to doing or making.   linking V: present עוֹשֶׂה‎ future יַעֲשֶׂה‎ passive participle עָשׂוּי passive counterpart נַעֲשָׂה‎ *never introduces a bare infinitive מַעֲשֶׂה‎=deed, action, event, story עָשׂוּי‎=made of נַעֲשָׂה‎=to be done, made; to become מַעַשׂ‎=action  
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בדל   בְדֵּל   B'Dayl   Forming words relating to separation or distinction   בְּדָל‎ (b'dál) בָּדַל‎ (badál) בידל \ בִּדֵּל‎ (bidél) הִבְדִיל‎ (hivdíl) הֶבְדֵּל‎ (hevdél) הַבְדָּלָה‎ (havdalá) הִבָּדְלוּת‎ (hibad'lút) נִבְדַּל‎ (nivdál)  
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י   יַּ   Yah   He is__    
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שם   1. שֵׁם 2. שָׁם   1. Shaym 2. Shahm   1. Name 2. There    
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