Modern · Israeli Hebrew
Inflect nouns for gender/number/dual and make adjectives agree — the core of the verbless nominal sentence.
Lesson 3 — Nouns Part 1Lesson 5 — The AdjectiveAppendix C — The Tetragrammaton
Core concepts · 6
- Gender/number shown by endings: m.pl ־ִים (מְלָכִים), f.sg ־ָה (מַלְכָּה), f.pl ־וֹת, dual ־ַיִם (אָזְנַיִם).
- Irregular plurals: אָב→אָבוֹת (still m.), עִיר→עָרִים (still f.) — learn each noun WITH an adjective so its gender sticks.
- Dictionaries list only the singular; look up סוּס to find סוּסִים.
- Adjectives follow the noun and agree: סוּס טוֹב 'a good horse', הַסּוּס הַטּוֹב 'the good horse', טוֹב הַסּוּס 'the horse is good'.
- Attributive vs predicative: attributive agrees in gender, number AND definiteness; predicative agrees in gender/number only and often precedes.
- The Divine Name is left unpointed and read as אֲדֹנָי / הַשֵּׁם (Appendix C) — why your liturgy shows ה'.
Vocabulary & signs · tap a word to hear, expand for how to say it
king / queen
say: melekh / malka
ear (dual אָזְנַיִם)
say: ʾozen
good (m. / f.)
say: tov / tova
big (m. / f.)
say: gadol / gdola
'the Name' — substitute for the Tetragrammaton
say: ha-shem
Exercises · answer in the app
Exercise 1 / 4
Make it definite: סוּס ('a horse') →
Bridge to this week
Week 3 builds verbless nominal sentences with adjective agreement — exactly OHT Lessons 3 & 5; the Tetragrammaton note explains the ה' you keep meeting in the Kiddush and other liturgy.
The Online Hebrew Tutorial v2.0 — Ben Stitz
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