Basics of Ancient Ugaritic

A Concise Grammar, Workbook, and Lexicon

MICHAEL

WILLIAMS

ZONDERVAN

Basics of Ancient Ugaritic

Copyright © 2012 by Michael Williams

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Williams, Michael James, 1956–

Basics of Ancient Ugaritic / Michael Williams.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-310-49592-5 (pbk.: alk. paper)

1. Ugaritic Language-Grammar. 2. Ugaritic language-Texts. I. Title.

PJ4150.W55 2013

492′.6782421-dc23

2012028582

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Nature of the Book

Uncertainty

Resources

Practice Exercises

Lesson 1: Ugarit in a Nutshell

The Place

A Brief History

The Literature

Intersections with Biblical Studies

For Further Study

Lesson 2: Language Basics

Orientation to Ugaritic

Writing Ugaritic

The Alphabet

Peculiarities

Exercises

For Further Study

Lesson 3: Nouns

Basic Form

Case

Gender

Definiteness

Number

State

Summary

Exercises

For Further Study

Lesson 4: Adjectives

Inflection

Types and Location

Comparatives and Superlatives

Participles

Exercises

For Further Study

Lesson 5: Prepositions

Proclitic

Independent

Exercises

For Further Study

Lesson 6: Pronouns

Independent Personal Pronouns

Pronoun Suffixes

Other Independent Pronouns

Exercises

For Further Study

Lesson 7: Verbs

Tense

Qatala

Yaqtulu

Use

Exercises

For Further Study

Lesson 8: Moods

Indicative

Energic

Jussive

Imperative

Exercises

For Further Study

Lesson 9: Infinitives

Infinitive Construct

Infinitive Absolute

Exercises

For Further Study

Lesson 10: Thematic Stems

G Stem

Gt Stem

N Stem

D Stem

tD Stem

Š Stem

Št Stem

R Stem

L Stem

Summary of the Thematic Stems

Exercises

For Further Study

Lesson 11: Weak Verbs

Initial-n Verbs

LQḤ

Final-n Verbs

Initial-ʾ Verbs

Initial-y/w Verbs

HLK

Hollow Verbs

Final-y Verbs

Geminate Verbs

Doubly Weak Verbs

Exercises

For Further Study

Lesson 12: Adverbs

Adverbial Suffixes

Independent Adverbs

Exercises

For Further Study

Lesson 13: Miscellanea

Conjunctions

Words Expressing Existence or Non-Existence

Negators

Interrogatives

Vocatives

Attention Grabbers...