Listed below are the most common preformatives and prefixes that occur on Hebrew verbs. Memorizing the preformative and the associated verbal stem will greatly increase one's ability to properly and quickly recognize the verbal stem when one encounters a verb in the Hebrew text. Making flash cards of these preformatives may prove to be very beneficial, see the vocab pack I created at Quisition. Imperfect Preformativesיְ - Piel, Pualיֵ - Qal (I-Yod), Niphal (with compensatory lengthening) יִ - Qal, Niphal יִי - Qal (I-Yod) יַ - Qal (I-Guttural), Hiphil יֶ - Qal (I-Guttural) יָ - Qal (Biconsonantal), vowel is qamets יָ - Hophal, vowel is qamets hatuf יֻ - Hophal יׄ - Qal (I-Aleph) יִתְ - Hithpael Prefixesנִ - Niphal Perfect, Niphal Participleהִ - Niphal Imperative, Hiphil Perfect מְ - Piel Participle, Pual Participle מַ - Hiphil Participle מֻ - Hophal Participle מָ - Hophal Participle, vowel is qamets hatuf הָ - Hophal Perfect, vowel is qamets hatuf הֻ - Hophal Perfect מִתְ - Hithpael Participle |
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