Agreement of Subject and Verb * In Hebrew, the subject and verb in a sentence must have the same gender. If the subject is masculine, the verb form must be masculine. If the subject is feminine, the verb form must be feminine. David guarded. דָּוִד שָׁמַר. He stood. הוּא עָמַד. Sarah guarded. שָׂרָה שָׁמְרָה. She stood. הִיא עָמְדָה. Roots The Hebrew language is built on a system of roots. A Hebrew root is a set of letters—usually three—which expresses a general idea. Vowel patterns and additional
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