# Ch20 Parsing Drill — Qal Infinitive Construct

*For each form: (a) Identify as IC or another form (Imperative / Imperfect / Perfect), (b) Root, (c) Root class, (d) Preposition (if any), (e) Function (Purpose / Temporal-when / Temporal-as / Complementary / Quotative / Until / From).*

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## Part A — Strong and B-class Roots

*All forms are Qal IC. Identify root, class, preposition, and function.*

| # | Form | IC or other? | Root | Root Class | Prep | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | לִ/שְׁמֹר | | | | | |
| 2 | לִ/שְׁמֹ֣עַ | | | | | |
| 3 | כִּ/שְׁמֹ֣עַ | | | | | |
| 4 | בִּ/זְכֹר | | | | | |
| 5 | לִ/כְתֹב | | | | | |
| 6 | לֵ/אמֹר | | | | | |
| 7 | לֶ/אֱכֹל | | | | | |
| 8 | מֵ/עֲשׂוֹת | | | | | |

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## Part B — III-ה and Biconsonantal

| # | Form | Root | Root Class | Prep | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | לִ/רְאוֹת | | | | |
| 10 | לַ/עֲשׂוֹת | | | | |
| 11 | הֱיוֹת | | | | |
| 12 | לָ/בֹא | | | | |
| 13 | לָ/שׁוּב | | | | |
| 14 | לָ/מוּת | | | | |
| 15 | בְּ/בֹא | | | | |

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## Part C — I-י, I-נ, and Disambiguation

| # | Form | IC or other? | Root | Root Class | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | לֶ/כֶת | | | | |
| 17 | לָ/שֶׁ/בֶת | | | | |
| 18 | צֵאת | | | | |
| 19 | תֵּת | | | | |
| 20 | לָ/דַ/עַת | | | | |
| 21 | שְׁמֹר | | | | |
| 22 | שְׁמֹ֣עַ | | | | |
| 23 | לֶ/כֶת | | | | |
| 24 | יִשְׁמֹר | | | | |
| 25 | שָׁמַר | | | | |

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## Answer Key

### Part A

| # | Form | IC? | Root | Class | Prep | Function | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | לִ/שְׁמֹר | IC | שמר | Strong A | לְ | Purpose/Complementary | Most common IC pattern |
| 2 | לִ/שְׁמֹ֣עַ | IC | שמע | Strong B (gutt.) | לְ | Purpose/Complementary | Patach at R3 (ע) |
| 3 | כִּ/שְׁמֹ֣עַ | IC | שמע | Strong B (gutt.) | כְּ | Temporal (when/as) | "when/as he heard"; כְּ + IC = temporal |
| 4 | בִּ/זְכֹר | IC | זכר | Strong A | בְּ | Temporal (when) | "when/while he remembered" |
| 5 | לִ/כְתֹב | IC | כתב | Strong A | לְ | Purpose | "to write" |
| 6 | לֵ/אמֹר | IC | אמר | I-aleph | לְ | Quotative | ~2,600× OT; follows verbs of speech; "saying" |
| 7 | לֶ/אֱכֹל | IC | אכל | I-aleph | לְ | Purpose/Complementary | "to eat"; hateph under aleph; ל + chateph = seghol |
| 8 | מֵ/עֲשׂוֹת | IC | עשה | III-ה + I-gutt. | מִן | From/cessation | "from doing"; מִ + IC = "too… to…" or "after doing" |

### Part B

| # | Form | Root | Class | Prep | Function | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | לִ/רְאוֹת | ראה | III-ה | לְ | Purpose | "to see"; וֹת ending; tsere often: לִרְאֹת |
| 10 | לַ/עֲשׂוֹת | עשה | III-ה + I-gutt. | לְ | Purpose/Complementary | Chateph under ע; וֹת ending |
| 11 | הֱיוֹת | היה | III-ה | — (bare) | Verbal noun/Complementary | "being / to be"; hateph-seghol under ה |
| 12 | לָ/בֹא | בוא | Biconsonantal | לְ | Purpose/Complementary | "to come/enter"; holem-waw; ל takes qamets |
| 13 | לָ/שׁוּב | שוב | Biconsonantal | לְ | Purpose/Complementary | "to return"; full shureq |
| 14 | לָ/מוּת | מות | Biconsonantal | לְ | Purpose | "to die"; full shureq |
| 15 | בְּ/בֹא | בוא | Biconsonantal | בְּ | Temporal (when) | "when he/she came"; בְּ + IC |

### Part C

| # | Form | IC? | Root | Class | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | לֶ/כֶת | IC | הלך | I-י | "to go"; contracted form; seghol-taw; ל fused into form |
| 17 | לָ/שֶׁ/בֶת | IC | ישב | I-י | "to dwell/sit"; seghol-taw; yod drops |
| 18 | צֵאת | IC | יצא | I-י + III-א | "going out"; bare IC with taw ending; aleph quiesces |
| 19 | תֵּת | IC | נתן | I-נ | "to give"; both nuns drop; very short form |
| 20 | לָ/דַ/עַת | IC | ידע | I-י | "to know"; patach + ayin + taw |
| 21 | שְׁמֹר | **Ambiguous** | שמר | Strong A | IC or Imperative 2ms — context determines; if follows preposition = IC; if command = Imper. |
| 22 | שְׁמֹ֣עַ | **Ambiguous** | שמע | Strong B | IC or Imperative 2ms — same ambiguity |
| 23 | לֶ/כֶת | IC | הלך | I-י | Cannot be Imperative (which is לֵךְ/לֶךְ without taw) |
| 24 | יִשְׁמֹר | Imperfect | שמר | Strong A | יִ– prefix = Imperfect, not IC |
| 25 | שָׁמַר | Perfect | שמר | Strong A | Qamets + patach = Perfect 3ms, not IC |
