Hebrew Suffix / Prefix Cheat Sheet

Pre/Suf

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Definition em: masculine plural ot: feminine plural ti: When attached to a verb stem, indicates first person, singular, past tense. I did - tah; When attached to a verb stem, indicates second person, masculine, singular, past tense. You did - te: When attached to a verb stem, indicates second person, feminine, singular, past tense. You did - nu: When attached to a verb stem, indicates first person, plural, past tense. We did; plural direct object or possessive. Us, Our ---: Third person, singular, feminine direct object or possessive. Her, Hers kha: Second person, singular, masculine direct object or possessive. You, Your - at: Changes a singular feminine noun to the construct form. of - i: Changes a plural masculine noun to the construct form. of on: denotes a smaller version of something -(-kh) -o, (-v, -u) - khem - khen hem hen

Example yamm (days) mitzvot (commandments) katavti (I wrote) katavta (you (sing. m.) wrote)

Form
Plural form of

Plural form of first person, singular 2nd person sing. masc

katavt (you (sing. f.) wrote)

2nd person sing. feminine

katavnu (we wrote)

1st person pl.

Lachmah (her bread)

Third person, singular, feminine Second person, singular, masculine singular feminine

yevarekhekha (He will bless you)

Torat Moshe (Torah of Moses) Sifre kdushah (Books of holiness) sefer (book) sifron (booklet)

1st person sing.

2nd person sing. fem. 3rd person sing. masc. 2nd person pl. masc. 2nd person pl. fem. 3rd person pl. masc. 3rd person pl. fem.

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-(am)

Third person, masculine, masculine 3rd person pl. fem.

-(an) like, as, about, according to (no doubt the remnant of a substantive with the meaning of matter, kind, instar) : and, but - be: in, on, with, by, etc. la: to, for from, or, than : the : When prefixed to a verb stem, indicates first person, singular, future tense. I will. - yi: When prefixed to a verb stem, indicates third person, future tense. (Number and gender depend on suffixes.) He will or They will. When prefixed to a verb stem, indicates first person, plural, future tense. We will. When prefixed to a verb stem, indicates one of the following: third person, singular, feminine, future tense. She will; second person, future tense. You will; In biblical Hebrew, third person, plural, feminine, future tense. They (f.) will that, which, who, whom : past tense when ?umi keamkha? (and who is like your nation?) wahu (and he) bereishit (in the beginning) la'aretz (to the land) mimitzrayim (from Egypt) haolam (the universe) omar (I will say) yomar (he will say) yomru (they will say) nomar (we will say) tomar (she will say) tomar (you will say)

first person, singular third person

first person, plural 3rd, plural, feminine

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shekara (which happened) wayomer (he said)

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