Seow (Inspired) Hebrew Grammar Practice Test Answer Key

Answer Key: Inspired by C. L. Seow's A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew (Revised Edition) - Practice Test

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Section 1: Vocabulary Recognition

1. God/gods
2. King
3. Woman/wife
4. Peace
5. Servant/slave
6. Book/scroll
7. Way/path
8. Land/earth
9. Hand
10. House
11. Judgment/justice
12. Truth
13. Prophet
14. Blood
15. Water
16. Name
17. Head/leader
18. Voice/sound
19. Eye/spring
20. Gold

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Section 2: Parsing Nouns & Adjectives

21. Masculine, singular, definite – the king
22. Masculine, plural, indefinite – sons
23. Feminine, singular, definite – the woman
24. Masculine, plural, indefinite – prophets
25. Feminine, dual, indefinite – eyes
26. Masculine, plural, indefinite – books
27. Masculine, singular, definite – the book
28. Feminine, singular, possessive – my hand
29. Masculine, plural, indefinite – men
30. Masculine, singular, definite – the tree
31. Masculine, singular, definite – the name
32. Masculine, plural, indefinite – words/things
33. Feminine, singular – a good woman
34. Masculine, singular – an evil king
35. Masculine, singular – a small son

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Section 3: Parsing Verbs

36. Qal, perfect, 3ms, root: כתב – he wrote
37. Qal, perfect, 1cs, root: שמע – I heard
38. Qal, perfect, 1cp, root: אהב – we loved
39. Qal, perfect, 3ms, root: ישב – he sat
40. Qal, perfect, 2ms, root: לקח – you took
41. Qal, perfect, 3ms, root: עמד – he stood
42. Qal, imperfect, 3ms, root: ישב – he will sit
43. Qal, perfect, 3ms, root: נתן – he gave
44. Qal, perfect, 3ms, root: שלח – he sent
45. Qal, perfect, 3ms, root: קרא – he called/read
46. Qal, perfect, 3ms, root: שפט – he judged
47. Qal, perfect, 2fs, root: ידע – you (f) knew
48. Qal, imperfect, 3mp, root: כתב – they will write
49. Qal, imperfect, 3mp, root: שמר – they will keep
50. Niphal, perfect, 3ms, root: שמע – it was heard
51. Qal, perfect, 3ms, root: נשא – he lifted/bore
52. Qal, imperfect, 3ms, root: ירד – he will go down
53. Hiphil, perfect, 3ms, root: בוא – he brought
54. Qal, perfect, 3ms, root: נפל – he fell
55. Qal, perfect, 1cs, root: הלך – I walked

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Section 4: Sentence Translation

56. The king is in the house.
57. David wrote a book.
58. The woman sat in the city.
59. A servant sent a word to the king.
60. A prophet judged the people.
61. A priest (is) in the house of the Lord.
62. The words are not in the book.
63. Peace to you, O king.
64. We heard the voice of the Lord.
65. We knew the truth.
66. Who will dwell in the heavens?
67. Moses gave the Torah to Israel.
68. You went to the city.
69. I wrote a small book.
70. There is no king in this city.
71. In the beginning God created.
72. The warrior fell in the battle.
73. I found a book in the house.
74. Eyes saw a wonderful thing.
75. The name of the prophet is great.

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Section 5: Fill-in-the-Blank Conjugations

76. כָּתַב
77. כָּתַבְנוּ
78. יִשְׁמְרוּ
79. אָכַלְתְּ
80. נָתַתָּ
81. אֵדַע
82. לָקְחוּ
83. רָאָה
84. הָיָה
85. תֵּלֵךְ
86. שָׁפַטְתִּי
87. נָפַלְנָה
88. שָׁאֲלוּ
89. בֵּרֵךְ
90. יָצְאוּ

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Section 6: Multiple Choice

91. B. הַ
92. C. אִשָּׁה
93. B. In/at/with
94. C. Simple/active action
95. B. שָׁלוֹם
96. C. ־ִי
97. C. אֵת
98. B. אִישׁ
99. C. ־ַיִם
100. B. Ongoing or future action

 

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