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Attention: The NIKUD and vowels (Yod and Vav) of verbs in these documents
are intended to assist Hebrew students in the pronunciation of the words.
Examples of the grammatically correct spelling appear in parentheses. For the
grammatically proper spelling and NIKUD of the specific conjugations please
consult the dictionary or the Verb Tables
Pa’al Building lamed hey Subgroup ‫ ל''ה‬, ‫בנין פעל‬
lamed hey verbs are verbs in which the third letter of the root is hey '‫ה‬
like: ‫ה‬.‫ל‬.‫ ע‬,‫ה‬.‫נ‬.‫ ק‬,‫ה‬.‫נ‬.‫ב‬
*In the present tense the root letter '‫ ה‬exists only in the singular, not in the
plural and in the infinitive:
‫ּבֹונֹות‬
‫ּבֹונִים‬
‫ּבֹונה‬
‫ּבֹונה‬
‫ה‬.‫נ‬.‫ב‬
‫לִ בְנֹות‬
*The verb to be ‫ להיות‬is a lamed hey verb.
‫הֹוֹות‬
‫הֹווִים‬
‫ה ֹווה‬
‫ה ֹווה‬
‫ה‬.‫י‬.‫ה‬
‫לִ הְ יֹות‬
Lamed Hey past tense
*In the past tense the root letter '‫ ה‬exists only in the third person singular.
*In the past tense first and second person, singular and plural the '‫ה‬
changes into '‫ י‬and the vowel changes into i.
*In the past, in third person feminine there is an additional '‫ת‬.
‫ּבנִיתִ י‬
‫אני‬
‫ּבנִית‬
‫אתה‬
ְ‫ּבנִית‬
‫את‬
‫ּבנה‬
‫הוא‬
‫ּב ְנתה‬
‫היא‬
‫ּב ִנינּו‬
‫אנחנו‬
‫ ְּב ִניתן‬,‫ְּב ִניתם‬
‫ אתן‬,‫אתם‬
‫ּבנּו‬
‫ הן‬,‫הם‬
Future tense
‫י ִהְ יּו‬
‫תִ הְ יּו‬
‫נִהְ יה‬
‫תִ הְ יה‬
‫י ִהְ יה‬
‫תִ הְ י ִי‬
‫תִ הְ יה‬
‫אהְ יה‬