The Hebrew Participle is often considered a verbal adjective and thus agrees with its noun or pronoun in gender and number. It is often translated with the English present tense, but it reality it indicates a state of continued activity. I. FORMS OF THE ACTIVE PARTICIPLES 1. Absolute Forms MSA כֹּתֵב “the one (mas.) who is writing” MPA כֹּֽתְבִים “the ones (mas.) who are writing” FSA כֹּֽתְבָה or כֹּתֶ֣בֶת “the one (fem.) who is writing” FPA כֹּֽתְבוֹת “the