What is an adjective? A word that modifies, describes, or characterizes a noun.
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What is an adjective?What is an adjective?
A word that modifies, describes, A word that modifies, describes, or characterizes a nounor characterizes a noun
What is an adjective?What is an adjective?
Loving GodLoving GodGood kingGood king
Righteous judgeRighteous judgeSinful manSinful man
Adjectives change their forms to Adjectives change their forms to indicate gender and numberindicate gender and number
MasculineMasculine FeminineFeminine
vyaih' vyaih' bwOjbwOj
The man is The man is goodgood
bwOj bwOj vyaih'vyaih'
hb'wOj hb'wOj hv'yaih' hv'yaih'
The woman is The woman is goodgood
hv'yaih' hv'yaih' hb'wOjhb'wOj
Attributive Attributive UseUse
Predicative Predicative UseUse
bwOjh; bwOjh; vyaih'vyaih'
The man is goodThe man is good
vyaih' vyaih' bwOjbwOj
The good manThe good man
Comes after the noun Comes after the noun it modifies; agrees in it modifies; agrees in
definitenessdefiniteness
Usually precedes the Usually precedes the noun but does not noun but does not have the definite have the definite
articlearticle
bwOjh; bwOjh; vyaih'vyaih'
The good manThe good man
Attributive order can be Attributive order can be reversed for emphasisreversed for emphasis
vyaih' vyaih' bwOjh;bwOjh;
The The goodgood man man (emphasis upon (emphasis upon the word “good”)the word “good”)
The substantive use of the The substantive use of the adjective is when the adjective adjective is when the adjective
is used in place of a noun that is is used in place of a noun that is merely understood merely understood
bwObwOjh;jh;
““The good man”The good man”oror
“the good thing”“the good thing”
Substantive Use of the Substantive Use of the AdjectiveAdjective
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown. (Genesis 6:4)
~yrI~yrI±Bo±BoGIh; GIh;
Indicates the idea of motion toward Indicates the idea of motion toward someone or something someone or something
#r<a'#r<a'h'-la,h'-la, To (toward) the landTo (toward) the land
Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go forth from your country, and from your relatives and from your father’s house, to the land
which I will show you” (Genesis 12:1).
Indicates the idea of motion toward Indicates the idea of motion toward someone or something someone or something
hc'r>hc'r>a;,a;, To (toward) the landTo (toward) the land
Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew… and they set out for the land of
Canaan; thus they came to the land of Canaan. (Genesis 12:5).
~r"a] hn"D<P; ~r"a] hn"D<P; %le ~Wq%le ~Wq
laeWtb. ht'yBelaeWtb. ht'yBe(Genesis 28:2)
AriseGoTo Padan
Aram
To the house
Of Bethuel
hc'r>a; bC'mu hc'r>a; bC'mu ~L'su hNEhiw> ~L'su hNEhiw> hm'y>m'V'h; hm'y>m'V'h;
[:yGIm; [:yGIm; Avarow>Avarow>(Genesis 28:12)
And behold
a ladder
standingto the earth
and its head (top)
touchingto the heavens
For the LORD is a great God For the LORD is a great God And a great King above all gods And a great King above all gods
(Psalm 95:3).(Psalm 95:3).
hw"+hy> hw"+hy> lAdåG" laeä lAdåG" laeä
yKiÛ yKiÛ `~yhi(l{a/-lK'-l[; `~yhi(l{a/-lK'-l[; lAdªG"÷ %l,m,îWlAdªG"÷ %l,m,îW
dx'a, dx'a, One
dx'a, dx'a, hw"hy> hw"hy> laer"f.yI laer"f.yI
[m;v.[m;v.dx'a, hw"hy> dx'a, hw"hy>
Wnyhel{a/Wnyhel{a/(Deuteronomy 6:4)
lAdG"lAdG"Great
hL'hL'D; D;
Poor
lD; lD; or
!qez" !qez" Old
!!q'q'z" z"
BB Beard Beard
!qez" !qez" ~ynIqez> hr"f'w>
~h'r"b.a;w> ~ymiY"B; ~yaiB'
And Abraham
And Sarah
they were old
they came
in years
Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age (Genesis 18:11)
~k'x'~k'x'Wise
hm'khm'k.x' .x'
BB Wisdom Wisdom
~k'x'~k'x'Do not be wise in your own eyes;
Fear the LORD and turn away from evil. (Proverbs 3:7).
bAj bAj Good
bAj bAj Better is a poor man who walks in his integrityThan he who is perverse in speech and is a fool. (Proverbs 19:1).
vr"-bAj vr"-bAj
hp,y" hp,y" Beautiful
hp,y" hp,y" And it came about when he came
near to Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “See now, I know that you are a
beautiful woman” (Genesis 12:11).
hp,y" hp,y" Now Joseph was handsome in form Now Joseph was handsome in form
and appearance (Genesis 39:6).and appearance (Genesis 39:6).
ra;to-hpey> ra;to-hpey> @seêAy @seêAy
yhiäy>w:yhiäy>w:`ha,r>m; `ha,r>m; hpeywIhpeywI
rv'y" rv'y" Upright, straight
rv'y" rv'y" Be glad in the LORD and rejoice,
you righteous ones;And shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart. (Psalm 32:11).
!Ke !Ke So, thus, therefore
daom. daom. Very much
daom. daom. And God saw every thing that he had And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, made, and, behold, it was it was very good very good
(Genesis 1:31).(Genesis 1:31).
dao+m. dao+m. bAjß-bAjß-
hNEhiw> hNEhiw>
j[;m. j[;m. Few, little
hT'[;hT'[;At last, after all
qyDIc; qyDIc; Righteous
vd,qovd,qoHoliness
vAdq' vAdq' Holy
l[; tr<PoK;h;-ta, l[; tr<PoK;h;-ta, T't;n"w> T't;n"w> ~yvid"Q\h; ~yvid"Q\h; vd<qoB. vd<qoB.
tdU[eh' !Ara]tdU[eh' !Ara](Exodus 26:34)
You shall give
the coveringon
arkof the testimony
in the holy
of holies
!j'q'!j'q'Small, young
!j'q'!j'q'God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night (Genesis 1:16).
!j'q'!j'q'When Noah awoke from his wine, he knew what his youngest son had done to him. (Genesis 9:24).
br;q'br;q'Come near
bwOrqbwOrq''
Near
hv,q'hv,q'Difficult
hv,q'hv,q'…and they made their lives bitter
with hard labor in mortar and bricks and at all kinds of labor in
the field, all their labors which they rigorously imposed on them
(Exodus 1:14).
qAxr' qAxr' Distant
br; br; Great
From which is derived “rabbi”From which is derived “rabbi”
Evil
[r[re e Not to be confused withNot to be confused with
which means “companion”which means “companion”
[r;[r;
[r"w" bAj [r"w" bAj t[;D:h; #[et[;D:h; #[eTreeof the
knowledge(of)
goodand evil
(Genesis 2:9)(Genesis 2:9)
Then the LORD saw that the Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only the thoughts of his heart was only
evil continually (Genesis 6:5).evil continually (Genesis 6:5).
~AYh;-lK' ~AYh;-lK' [r:[r:
[v'r'[v'r'Wicked
ryviryviSong
~yrIyVih; ~yrIyVih; ryviryvi Song
hmol{v.li hmol{v.li rv,a]rv,a]
of songs
which(is) to Solomon