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Introduction Ancient Hebrew Dictionary 1000 Verbs and Nouns of the Hebrew Bible ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By Jeff A. Benner Ancient Hebrew Dictionary Cover design by Jeff A. Benner. “Ancient Hebrew Dictionary,” by Jeff A. Benner. Published 2009 by Virtualbookworm.com Publishing Inc., P.O. Box 9949, College Station, TX 77845, US. ©2007, Jeff A. Benner. All rights reserved. Any part of this book may be copied for educational purposes only, without prior permission. Manufactured in the United States of America. 2 Introduction To Jack and Jamie Waid, our good friends who are an inspiration to my wife and I and too many others. Ancient Hebrew Dictionary Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ............................................................................... 7 ABOUT THE BOOK ............................................................................ 7 DICTIONARY FORMAT ........................................................................ 8 DICTIONARY ~ VERBS .................................................................... 11 ALEPH ......................................................................................... 11 BEYT ........................................................................................... 14 GIMEL ......................................................................................... 17 DALET ......................................................................................... 19 HEY ............................................................................................ 20 ZAYIN .......................................................................................... 21 HHET .......................................................................................... 23 TET ............................................................................................. 27 YUD ............................................................................................ 28 KAPH .......................................................................................... 32 LAMED ........................................................................................ 35 MEM .......................................................................................... 36 NUN ........................................................................................... 39 SAMEHH ...................................................................................... 44 AYIN ........................................................................................... 45 PEY ............................................................................................. 47 TSADE ......................................................................................... 51 QUPH .......................................................................................... 52 RESH ........................................................................................... 55 SHIN ........................................................................................... 58 TAV ............................................................................................ 64 DICTIONARY ~ NOUNS................................................................... 66 ALEPH ......................................................................................... 66 4 Introduction BEYT ........................................................................................... 78 GIMEL ......................................................................................... 84 DALET ......................................................................................... 87 HEY ............................................................................................ 89 ZAYIN .......................................................................................... 90 HHET .......................................................................................... 91 TET ............................................................................................. 99 YUD .......................................................................................... 101 KAPH ........................................................................................ 104 LAMED ...................................................................................... 109 MEM ........................................................................................ 111 NUN ......................................................................................... 124 SAMEHH .................................................................................... 128 AYIN ......................................................................................... 129 PEY ........................................................................................... 136 TSADE ....................................................................................... 139 QUPH ........................................................................................ 142 RESH ......................................................................................... 146 SHIN ......................................................................................... 150 TAV .......................................................................................... 159 APPENDIX A ~ THE ALPHABET ..................................................... 164 THE VOWELS ............................................................................... 165 APPENDIX B ~ PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES ....................................... 166 THE PREFIXES .............................................................................. 166 THE SUFFIXES (POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS) ............................................ 168 THE SUFFIXES (PLURALS) ................................................................ 168 COMBINATIONS ........................................................................... 169 APPENDIX C ~ PRONOUNS, PREPOSITIONS, ETC. ......................... 172 PRONOUNS ................................................................................. 172 INDEFINITE PRONOUNS .................................................................. 173 PREPOSITIONS ............................................................................. 173 Ancient Hebrew Dictionary ADVERBS .................................................................................... 173 CONJUNCTIONS ........................................................................... 174 OTHER....................................................................................... 174 APPENDIX D ~ NUMBERS............................................................. 176 CARDINAL NUMBERS ..................................................................... 176 ORDINAL NUMBERS ...................................................................... 178 APPENDIX E ~ VERB CONJUGATIONS ........................................... 180 TENSE AND SUBJECT...................................................................... 180 THE REVERSING VAV ..................................................................... 181 INDEX ~ BY TRANSLATION ........................................................... 182 INDEX ~ BY STRONG'S ................................................................. 192 6 Introduction Introduction About the Book This book has been designed to be a quick reference guide for looking up the meaning of common Hebrew words found in the Hebrew Bible, as well as a resource for learning the Hebrew vocabulary. Within this book is a list of the 1000 most frequently used Hebrew verbs (379) and nouns (621) from the Hebrew Bible. Each word entry includes: 1. The Hebrew word (in modern and ancient script). 2. A transliteration of the Hebrew word. 3. A one or two word translation of the Hebrew word. 4. A more detailed definition of the Hebrew word. 5. Cross references to other resources. In the appendices are additional words and details about the Hebrew language including: 1. The Hebrew alphabet and vowels. 2. Hebrew prefixes and suffixes. 3. Pronouns, prepositions, etc. Ancient Hebrew Dictionary 4. Hebrew numbers. 5. Hebrew verb conjugations. Dictionary Format Below is an example entry, followed by an explanation of its contents. 944. םוֹ לשָׁ /  / sha-lom Translation:+Completeness Definition:+Something that has been finished or made whole. A state of being complete. AHLB:+2845 (c) Strong's:+7965 Modern Hebrew Word Following the entry number is the Hebrew word written in the Modern Hebrew script (םוֹ לשָׁ ). Ancient Hebrew Word Each word is also written in the ancient pictographic script (). In some cases, this spelling may be different than the modern script. As an example, the word להֶ אֹ (#390) includes the hholam vowel pointing (the dot above the aleph representing the "o" sound), but in most ancient documents this word is written as להוא (where the letter vav represents the “o” sound) or  in the ancient script. In addition, the spelling of words evolve over time. For instance, the word רוֹ בּ (#452, bor, a cistern) comes from the root רוכ (kor) meaning 8