# Ch13 Passage Exercise — Qal Perfect Strong Verbs

BBH Chapter 13 · Genesis 1–4

Instructions: For each highlighted form, give: (a) Person, (b) Number, (c) Gender, (d) Root (3ms lexical form), (e) Usage Type (Simple Past / Perfect of Experience / Stative / Prophetic Perfect).
Note: Several high-frequency Torah verbs are weak roots (III-ה, I-נ, etc.). Focus on the suffix pattern and usage type; weak-root vowel changes are covered in Ch14.

## Passage A — Genesis 1:1–5

בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃ וְהָאָ֗רֶץ הָיְתָ֥ה תֹ֙הוּ֙ וָבֹ֔הוּ

# | Form | Person | Number | Gender | Root | Usage Type |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1 | בָּרָ֣א |  |  |  |  |  |
✓ | בָּרָ֣א | 3 | s | m | ברא | Simple Past — III-א weak; vowel pattern still recognizable
2 | הָיְתָ֥ה |  |  |  |  |  |
✓ | הָיְתָ֥ה | 3 | s | f | היה | Simple Past — III-ה weak; 3fs ending ָה-

## Passage B — Genesis 2:15–17

מִכֹּ֥ל עֵֽץ־הַגָּ֖ן אָכֹ֥ל תֹּאכֵֽל׃ כִּ֗י בְּיֹ֛ום אֲכָלְךָ֥ מִמֶּ֖נּוּ מֹ֥ות תָּמֽוּת׃
Form #3 (אָכֹ֥ל) is included as a recognition test — it is not a Perfect verb.

# | Form | Person | Number | Gender | Root | Usage Type |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
3 | אָכֹ֥ל |  |  |  |  |  |
✓ | אָכֹ֥ל | Not a Perfect — Infinitive Absolute | Included to test recognition; forms the emphatic pair with תֹּאכֵל
4 | אֲכָלְךָ֥ |  |  |  |  |  |
✓ | אֲכָלְךָ֥ | 2 | s | m | אכל | Simple Past — Perfect with 2ms pronominal suffix

## Passage C — Genesis 3:6–13

הָֽאִשָּׁה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתַ֣תָּה עִמָּדִ֔י הִ֛וא נָֽתְנָה־לִּ֥י מִן־הָעֵ֖ץ׃ מַה־זֹּ֣את עָשִׂ֑ית הַנָּחָ֥שׁ הִשִּׁיאַ֖נִי

# | Form | Person | Number | Gender | Root | Usage Type |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
5 | נָתַ֣תָּה |  |  |  |  |  |
✓ | נָתַ֣תָּה | 2 | s | m | נתן | Simple Past — I-נ weak; 2ms suffix תָּ- (with he variant)
6 | נָֽתְנָה |  |  |  |  |  |
✓ | נָֽתְנָה | 3 | s | f | נתן | Simple Past — I-נ weak; 3fs suffix ָה-
7 | עָשִׂ֑ית |  |  |  |  |  |
✓ | עָשִׂ֑ית | 2 | s | f | עשה | Simple Past — III-ה weak; 2fs suffix תְּ-

## Passage D — Genesis 4:1–10

וְהָ֣אָדָ֔ם יָדַ֖ע אֶת־חַוָּ֣ה אִשְׁתֹּ֑ו׃ לֹ֣א יָדַ֔עְתִּי

# | Form | Person | Number | Gender | Root | Usage Type |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
8 | יָדַ֖ע |  |  |  |  |  |
✓ | יָדַ֖ע | 3 | s | m | ידע | Simple Past — I-י weak; 3ms form
9 | יָדַ֔עְתִּי |  |  |  |  |  |
✓ | יָדַ֔עְתִּי | 1 | s | c | ידע | Perfect of Experience — Cain claims not to know; existential knowledge in question

## Passage E — Additional Forms for Analysis

# | Form | Person | Number | Gender | Root | Usage Type |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
10 | כָּבֵד |  |  |  |  |  |
✓ | כָּבֵד | 3 | s | m | כבד | Stative — Type-B (tsere); "is heavy/honored"
11 | שָׁמַ֥עְנוּ |  |  |  |  |  |
✓ | שָׁמַ֥עְנוּ | 1 | p | c | שמע | Simple Past — 1cp suffix נוּ-
12 | קָטַלְתֶּם |  |  |  |  |  |
✓ | קָטַלְתֶּם | 2 | p | m | קטל | Simple Past — 2mp suffix תֶּם-
13 | בָּרַ֖כְתָּ |  |  |  |  |  |
✓ | בָּרַ֖כְתָּ | 2 | s | m | ברך | Simple Past — 2ms suffix תָּ-
14 | יָשַׁ֙בְנוּ֙ |  |  |  |  |  |
✓ | יָשַׁ֙בְנוּ֙ | 1 | p | c | ישב | Simple Past — 1cp suffix נוּ-
15 | קָרְאָ֤ה |  |  |  |  |  |
✓ | קָרְאָ֤ה | 3 | s | f | קרא | Simple Past — III-א weak; 3fs ָה-