Modern · Israeli Hebrew
Use the inseparable and standalone prepositions, build construct chains, and attach pronominal suffixes to nouns and prepositions.
Lesson 7 — PrepositionsLesson 14 — Nouns Part 2
Core concepts · 5
- Inseparable בְּ / כְּ / לְ (in / like / to) prefix directly; they absorb the article's vowel (בְּ + הָעִיר → בָּעִיר) and take hireq before a sheva.
- מִן 'from' can prefix as מִ + daghesh forte (מֵעִיר / מִמֶּלֶךְ); standalone prepositions include תַּחַת, בֵּין, עִם, עַל, אֶל, אַחֲרֵי, בְּלִי, שֶׁל.
- Construct chain: the first noun shortens; סוּס הַמֶּלֶךְ 'the king's horse'. The construct never takes the article.
- Possession by suffix, not 'my horse' but 'horse-of-me': סוּסִי, סוּסְךָ, סוּסוֹ, סוּסָהּ, סוּסֵנוּ…
- Prepositions also take these suffixes: בֵּינִי 'between me', עָלֶיךָ 'upon you'; beware אִתִּי 'with me' vs the definite-accusative אוֹתִי 'me'.
Vocabulary & signs · tap a word to hear, expand for how to say it
in / like / to
say: be / ke / le
from
say: min
of (possession)
say: shel
my / your horse (suffix)
say: susi / suscha
with me (vs אוֹתִי 'me')
say: iti
Exercises · answer in the app
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ל + 'to him' =
Bridge to this week
Week 7 conjugates prepositions by pronoun — exactly OHT's preposition-plus-suffix tables — and the construct chain is the modern engine behind שֶׁל possession.
The Online Hebrew Tutorial v2.0 — Ben Stitz
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