Chapter 17a - introduction Converted verbal forms are used primarily to denote sequences of consecutive actions, either in the past, present or future.
Chapter 17b - basic form with imperfect Qal Imperfect without י שׁ מ ר he will observe Qal Imperfect with ו יּ שׁ מ ר י ז כּ ר he will remember and he observed ו יּ ז כּ ר and he remembered Imperfect with ו י ק ט ל
Chapter 17c - imperfect strong verb paradigm Imperfect with 3ms ו י ק ט ל and he killed 3fs 2ms 2fs ו ת ק ט ל ו ת ק ט ל ו ת ק ט ל י and she killed and you killed and you killed 1cs ו א קט ל and I killed 3mp ו י ק ט לוּ and they killed 3fp ו ת ק ט. ל נ ה and they killed 2mp ו ת ק ט לוּ and you killed 2fp ו ת ק ט. ל נ ה and you killed 1cp ו נ ק ט ל and we killed
Chapter 17d - waw conversive and regular waw Qal Imperfect with Qal Imperfect with Regular Waw 3ms ו י ק ט ל ו י קט ל and he will kill 3fs ו ת ק ט ל ו ת קט ל and she will kill 2ms ו ת ק ט ל ו ת קט ל and you will kill 2fs ו ת ק ט ל י ו ת קט ל י and you will kill 1cs ו א קט ל ו א קט ל and I will kill 3mp ו י ק ט לוּ ו י קט לוּ and they will kill 3fp ו ת ק ט. ל נ ה ו ת קט.ל נ ה and they will kill 2mp ו ת ק ט לוּ ו ת קט לוּ and you will kill 2fp ו ת ק ט. ל נ ה ו ת קט.ל נ ה and you will kill 1cp ו נ קט ל ו נ ק ט ל and we will kill
Chapter 17e - use of converted imperfect 1. A past tense narrative sequence may begin with a Perfect verb followed by any number of converted Imperfect verbs. ו ה א ד ם י דע א ת ח וּ ה א שׁ תּוֹ ו תּ ה ר ו תּ ל ד א ת קי ן And Adam knew Eve his wife, and then she conceived, and then she bore Cain (Gen 4:1). 2. A past tense narrative sequence may begin with the temporal modifier ו י ה י followed by Imperfect verbs with. ו י ה י א ח רי מוֹת א ב רה ם ו י ב ר ך א לה ים א ת י צ ח ק בּ נוֹ And after the death of Abraham God blessed Isaac his son (Gen 25:11). 3. A past tense narrative sequence may begin with the converted Imperfect itself. ו יּ ק רא א ל מ שׁ ה ו י דבּ ר י הו ה א ל יו מ א ה ל מוֹע ד And he called to Moses and Yahweh spoke to him from the tent of meeting (Lev 1:1).
Chapter 17f - changes in spelling With א- I verbs like א מ ר and some י- I verbs (including Seghol. the stem vowel changes to,(ה ל ך say he will י אמ ר and he said ו יּ <אמ ר dwell he will י שׁ ב and he dwelt ו יּ <שׁ ב go he will י ל ך and he went ו יּ <ל ך Biconsonantal and ה- III verbs are shortened in converted Imperfect forms without a sufformative (except the 1cs). With Biconsonantal verbs, the medial vowel letter is lost. With ה- III verbs, the final ה drops off. up he will rise י קוּם <ק ם set he will י שׂ ים <שׂ ם build he will י ב נ ה <ב ן reveal he will י ג ל ה <ג ל and he rose up ו יּ and he set ו יּ and he built ו יּ and he revealed ו יּ
Chapter 17g - basic form with perfect Qal Perfect without שׁ מ ר he observed Qal Perfect with ו שׁ מ ר ז כ ר he remembered and he will observe ו ז כ ר and he will remember Perfect with ו ק ט ל
Chapter 17h - perfect strong verb paradigm Perfect with 3ms ו ק ט ל and he will kill 3fs ו ק,ט ל ה and she will kill 2ms. ו קט ל תּ and you will kill 2fs ו קט ל תּ and you will kill 1cs ו קט ל תּ.י and I will kill 3cp ו ק,ט לוּ and they will kill 2mp וּ קט ל תּ ם and you will kill 2fp וּ קט ל תּ ן and you will kill 1cp ו קט ל נוּ and we will kill
Chapter 17i - use of converted perfect 1. The future tense narrative sequence may begin with an Imperfect verb followed by any number of converted Perfect verbs. שׁ שׁ ת י מ ים תּ ע ב ד ו ע שׂ ית כּ ל מ ל אכ תּ ך Six days you will labor and (you will) do all your work (Deut 5:13). 2. The temporal modifier ו ה י ה may mark the beginning of a future tense narrative sequence. ו ה י ה בּ יּוֹם ה הוּא ו שׁ ב רתּ י א ת קשׁ ת י שׂ רא ל And in that day I will break the bow of Israel (Hos 1:5). 3. The converted Perfect will frequently follow an Imperative verb and carry the full force of the initial Imperative. ע מ ד בּ שׁ ע ר בּ ית י הו ה ו ק ראת שּׁ ם א ת ה דּ ב ר ה זּ ה ו א מ רתּ שׁ מ עוּ דב ר י הו ה Stand (Imperative) in the gate of Yahweh s house and (you will) proclaim there this word and (you will) say, Hear the word of Yahweh (Jer 7:2).
Chapter 17j - parsing The parsing of converted verbal forms is just like the parsing of regular Perfect or Imperfect verbs except that you must identify the presence of the. with שׁ מ ר Qal Imperfect 3ms ו יּ שׁ מ ר with ז כ ר Qal Perfect 3ms ו ז כ ר