# Chapter 20 — Qal Infinitive Construct Parsing Drill

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). Click ▶ Answer to reveal; click again to hide.

## 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 |  |  |  |  |  |
IC · שמר · Strong A · לְ · Purpose/Complementary — Most common IC pattern; shewa + holem
2 | לִ/שְׁמֹ֣עַ |  |  |  |  |  |
IC · שמע · Strong B (gutt. R3) · 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"; וֹת ending

## Part B — III-ה and Biconsonantal

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

# | Form | Root | Root Class | Prep | Function |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
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 temporal clause

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

Some forms may be IC; others may be Imperative, Imperfect, or Perfect. Identify each correctly.

Key rule: Strong A-class: IC = Imperative 2ms in surface form — context alone distinguishes. I-י IC ends in ת (taw) — no Imperative has this ending.

# | Form | IC or other? | Root | 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; לָ prefix
18 | צֵאת |  |  |  |  |
IC · יצא · I-י + III-א — "going out"; bare IC with taw ending; aleph quiesces; tsere diagnostic
19 | תֵּת |  |  |  |  |
IC · נתן · I-נ — "to give"; both nuns drop; very short form; tsere on taw
20 | לָ/דַ/עַת |  |  |  |  |
IC · ידע · I-י — "to know"; patach + ayin + taw; dagesh forte in dalet
21 | שְׁמֹר |  |  |  |  |
Ambiguous · שמר · Strong A — IC or Imperative 2ms; if follows preposition = IC; if command = Imper.
22 | שְׁמֹ֣עַ |  |  |  |  |
Ambiguous · שמע · Strong B (gutt.) — IC or Imperative 2ms; same form; context distinguishes
23 | לֶ/כֶת |  |  |  |  |
IC · הלך · I-י — Cannot be Imperative (Imper. is לֵךְ/לֶךְ without taw); taw = IC diagnostic
24 | יִשְׁמֹר |  |  |  |  |
Imperfect · שמר · Strong A — יִ– prefix = Imperfect; not IC (IC has no prefix)
25 | שָׁמַר |  |  |  |  |
Perfect 3ms · שמר · Strong A — Qamets + patach = Perfect 3ms; not IC