Lesson 11: Prepositions
Vocabulary
Unattached Prepositions
| with | עִם |
| after | אַחֲרֵי |
| by the side of, near | אֵצֶל |
| between, among | בֵּין |
| opposite | מוּל |
| before | לִפְנֵי |
| upon | עַל |
| under | תַּחַת |
| without | בְּלִי |
| until | עַד |
| from | מִן |
| like, as | כְּמוֹ |
| to | אֶל |
Attached Prepositions
| from | מֵ- , מִ- |
| to, for | -לְ |
| in, with, at | -בְּ |
| like, as | -כְּ |
Grammar
The unattached prepositions appear in biblical texts as normal words. The attached prepositions are, as the name indicates, attached to words as prefixes in the same way that the Hebrew conjunction vav ו is always attached as a prefix.
Reading
Please read pages 90-94 in Biblical Hebrew Step-by-Step.
Exercises
1. Memorize the vocabulary and paradigms.
2. Do the Exercises on pages 94-96.