עֲנוֹ · יְהַבְתְּ · בְעֵינָא · הֲוֵית
ORIGINALBA-013
Biblical Aramaic · Peal and Other Action-Word Patterns
Peal perfect family
BA-013Biblical AramaicAramaic of Daniel and Ezra
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST
עֲנוֹ · יְהַבְתְּ · בְעֵינָא · הֲוֵית
Pedagogical transliterationanu · yehavt · ve'ena · haveit
Plain meaningthey answered · you gave · we sought · I was
Pointing follows Miqra according to the Masorah (MAM). Cantillation is omitted on the lesson card for visual focus; the underlying evidence retains the complete source reading. Transliterations are pedagogical aids, not replacements for the source.WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT
Peal perfect family
The Peal perfect marks person and number through the complete form. עֲנוֹ is third masculine plural, יְהַבְתְּ is second masculine singular, בְעֵינָא is first common plural, and הֲוֵית is first common singular. English past tense fits these contexts, but form identification comes first.
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SEE HOW IT WORKS
Keep the form, reading, and meaning together.
anu · yehavt · ve'ena · haveit
READINGPedagogical reading guide
they answered · you gave · we sought · I was
MEANINGBiblical Aramaic
עֲנוֹ = 3mp · יְהַבְתְּ = 2ms · בְעֵינָא = 1cp · הֲוֵית = 1cs
EXAMPLES
Examples supplied by the approved curriculum.
Daniel 2:10 — עֲנוֹ כַשְׂדָּאֵי — ‘the Chaldeans answered’ · Daniel 2:23 — יְהַבְתְּ לִי — ‘you gave me’ · Daniel 7:2 — חָזֵה הֲוֵית — ‘I was seeing’
SOURCE REFERENCE
Daniel 2:10; 2:23; 7:2
APPROVED STUDY LAYERS
Source-specific guidance from the curriculum.
Learning objective
Identify person and number in attested Peal perfect forms before choosing an English tense from context.
Morphology and syntax
OSHB: AVqp3mp, AVqp2ms, AVqp1cp, AVqp1cs.
Dialect boundary
Biblical Aramaic of Daniel and Ezra. Later Targumic, Jewish Babylonian, and Zoharic forms are not imported into this lesson.
Practice
Parse the person and number of עֲנוֹ, יְהַבְתְּ, בְעֵינָא, and הֲוֵית. Which one is plural first person?
Answer key
עֲנוֹ 3mp; יְהַבְתְּ 2ms; בְעֵינָא 1cp; הֲוֵית 1cs. The plural first-person form is בְעֵינָא.
Source notes
The four forms are exact MAM readings and have independent OSHB Peal-perfect analyses.
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