BIBLICAL HEBREW PARSING REFERENCE

Verbs Nouns: suffix

pf impf impv inf con inf abs pt after vowel after consonant pl noun
1cs -- -- --  --
2fs -- x -- x -- -- -- --
2ms -- -- -- -- --
3fs x -- --  -- -- --
3ms ---- --  --    
1cp -- --  -- -- --
2fp  --  --  xxx -- -- -- --
2mp  --  --  xxx -- -- -- --
3fp  --  --  -- -- --
3mp  --  --  --     

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stems pf impf impv inf con inf abs pt Major Voice
Qal xxx xxx xxx xxx- xxx xxx xxx Q simple s
Niphal xxx xx·x xx·x xx·x- xxx x·xx Ni (N) passive/reflexive of Qal – “The soldier killed himself.” N

Piel x·xx x·xx x·xx x·xx- x·xx x·x x Pi (D) intensive active of Qal – “The slaves massacred the soldiers.”

Hiphil xxx xxx xxx xxx- xxx  xxx Hi (H) causative active of Qal – “Jealousy caused him to kill his slave.”

Pual x·xx x·xx xxx x·xx Pu (Dp) intensive passive of Piel – “The soldiers were massacred.”

Hithpael x·xx x·xx x·xx x·xx- x·xx x·xx Hith (Dt) intensive reflexive of Piel – “The soldiers massacred themselves.”
causative passive of Hiphil – “Jealousy caused his slave to be killed.”
Hophal xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx Ho (Hp)
     Minor
Polel xxx xxx xxx xxx Po active (variation of Piel, same as Polal except 3ms)

Polal xxx xxx xxx Pol passive (variation of Pual)

Poel xxx xxx xxx Poe intensive (as Piel)

Palal xxxx Pal passive of Pulal? (as Pual)

Pilpel x·xx·x x·xxx x·xx x·xx Pil intensive (as Piel)

Hith- xxx xxx xxx Htp reflexive of Polel

polel
one verb [ , cf. cf. ] – “to bow down”
Hith-      Hth
palel

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 BIBLICAL HEBREW (BH) PARSING GUIDE
Noun: vocab form meaning gender: m, f number: state: suffix: p, g, n prefix:
n “lexical” sg, pl, du ab (absolute), 1/m/s, 2/f/p article,
(dual) c (construct) etc. prep,
conj,
interog
Pronoun: vocab form meaning person: gender: number: type: prefix:
prn 1, 2, 3 m, f sg, pl dem(onstrative), prep,
interr(ogative), obj mrkr,
pers(onal) conj
Adjective: vocab form meaning gender: number: state:
adj m, f sg, pl, dual ab (absolute),
c (construct)
Verb: vocab form meaning person: gender: number: major stems: Qal form: perf (P), impf vav: conjunc,
vb 1, 2, 3 m, f, c sg, pl (Q), Ni (N), Pi (D), (F), juss (J), impv consec
Pu (Dp), Hip (H), (V), cohort (c), inf
Hop (Hp), Hthp (Dt) ab (NA), inf con
(NC), part (Ptc)
Participle: vocab form meaning gender: number: state: stem: (above) voice: active, suffix: p, g, n prefix:
part m, f sg, pl ab (absolute), passive conj, article,
c (construct) prep
Infinitive: vocab form meaning state: stem: (above) form: infin suffix: prefix:
Inf absolute p, g, n prep,
(NA), conj
construct
(NC)

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Vocabulary: Meaning: Person: Gender: Number: State: Stem: Form: Suffix: Prefix:
consonants lexical 1, 2, 3 masc, s, p, abs, Q, Ni, Hi, Ho, Pi, pf, imf, imv, coh, jus, pers (1,2,3), gen (m,f), prep, art,
fem d[ual] cons Pu, Hith active/passive ptc, inf num (s,p), direct interrog, conjunc

Parts of speech to parse

n, adj, vb, pt, n, adj, vb, pt, vb, pr n, adj, vb, n, adj, n, adj, vb, pt, inf vb n, adj, vb, pt, inf, prep, n, adj, vb, pt, inf,
inf, prep, inf, prep, pron pt, pron vb, pt, vb, pt, pron prep
pron pron pron

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Interlinear Parsing Abbreviations
Part of Speech – Person, Tense, Mood, Voice – Case, Number, Gender, Comparison

Part of Speech P - Present

I - Imperfect
V - Verb F - Future
N - Noun A - Aorist
Adv - Adverb R - Perfect
Adj - Adjective L - Pluperfect
Art - Article
DPro - Demonstrative Pronoun Mood
IPro - Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun
PPro - Personal / Possessive Pronoun I - Indicative
RecPro - Reciprocal Pronoun M - Imperative
RelPro - Relative Pronoun S - Subjunctive
RefPro - Reflexive Pronoun O - Optative
Prep - Preposition N - Infinitive
Conj - Conjunction P - Participle
I - Interjection
Prtcl - Particle
Heb - Hebrew Word Voice
Aram - Aramaic Word
A - Active
Person M - Middle
P - Passive
1 - 1st Person M/P - Middle or Passive
2 - 2nd Person
3 - 3rd Person Case

Tense N - Nominative
V - Vocative
A - Accusative

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 G - Genitive M - Masculine
D - Dative F - Feminine
N - Neuter
Number
Comparison
S - Singular
P - Plural C - Comparative
S - Superlative
Gender

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PARSING TAG LEGEND: Hebrew Interlinear

1. Part of Speech Type
Conj Conjunction w /waw ("and", "furthermore", "but"...)

Type
2. Part of Speech
b /be ("in")
k /ke ("according to")
Prep Preposition
l /le ("with regard to")
m /min ("from")
Nun-Suffix (usually imperfect
3. Part of Speech Stems Aspects Person Gender Number
aspect)
Perf Perfect
Hiphil
Imperf Imperfect
Hophal
ConjPerf Conjunctive Perfect 1 1st Person m masculine
Piel s singular Pn Paragogic nun (likely
V Verb ConjImperf Conjunctive Imperfect 2 2nd Person f feminine
Pual p plural impressive)
ConsecImperf Consecutive Imperfect 3 3rd Person c common
Hithpael
Qal
Appended to forms of imperfect only

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 Nifal .Cohort Cohortative
Qalpass .h Cohortative force is likely assumed if a
formal cohortative precedes or follows in
the immediate context
.Jus Jussive (no meaning unless the
immediate context uses forms that allow for
this)
3. a) Exception 1: Imperative, Participle, QalPassParticiple
Part of Speech Stems Aspects Gender Number
Hiphil
Hophal
Piel
Imp Imperative
Pual m masculine s singular
V Verb Prtcpl Participle
Hithpael f feminine p plural
QalPassPrtcpl QalPassParticiple
Qal
Nifal
Qalpass
3. b) Exception 2: Infinitive
Part of Speech Stems Aspects
Hiphil
Hophal
Piel
Pual Inf Infinitive Construct
V Verb
Hithpael InfAbs Infinitive Absolute
Qal
Nifal
Qalpass
4. Part of Speech Type
Art Definite Article 9998/hē ("the")
Gender Number State

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5. Part of Speech
N Noun m masculine s singular c genitival pronoun, unless
Adj Adjective f feminine p plural in a construct pair
Number c common d dual d determinate
5. a) Exception 1: Proper Noun
Part of Speech Type
N Noun Proper
5. b) Exception 2: Gentilic Noun
Part of Speech Type Number State
s singular
N Noun g gentilic d determinate
p plural
5. c) Exception 3: Ordinal Number
Part of Speech Type Gender Number State
m masculine s singular c construct
Number o ordinal
f feminine p plural d determinate
6. Part of Speech Type
DirObjM Direct Object Marker 853/eth (untranslatable mark of the accusative case)
Nun-Suffix
(usually
7. Part of Speech Person Gender Number
imperfect
aspect)
1 1st Person m masculine Pn Paragogic
Pro Pronoun s singular
2 2nd Person f feminine nun (likely
Pronominal Suffix p plural
3 3rd Person c common impressive)
7. a) Exception: Relative Pronoun
Part of Speech Type
Pro Pronoun r relative

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8. Part of Speech
Adv Adverb
8. a) Exception: Negative Particle
Part of Speech Type
Adv Adverb NegPrt Negative Particle

9. Part of Speech
I Interjection
10. Part of Speech
Interrog Interrogative

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Adjective (Tag Code = A)

Full Word Abbreviation Tag Code

Gender masculine masc M

feminine fem F

both both B

common comm C

Class cardinal card C

ordinal ord O

Number singular sing S

plural plur P

dual dual D

State construct const C

determined deter D

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Noun (Tag Code = N)
Proper names formed from more than one word are treated as separate words. Each part is tagged properName with its own lexical form.

Full Word Abbreviation Tag Code

Class common comm. C

properName proper P

transliteration translit T

gentilic gent G

Gender masculine masc M

feminine fem F

both both B

Number singular sing S

plural plur P

dual dual D

State construct const C

determined deter D

Particle (Tag Code = P)

The compound PrepositionArticle tag indicates the combined preposition and article. Therefore, to find all prepositions you should search for
(preposition, compound PrepositionArticle), or to exclude all articles, you can exclude (article, compoundPrepositionArticle).

Full Word Abbreviation Tag Code

Class article art A

conjunction conj C

adverb adv D

interrogative interr G

interjection interj I

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 Full Word Abbreviation Tag Code

negative neg N

object obj O

preposition prep P

relative rel R

existence exist E

compoundPrepositionArticle compoundPrepArt X

Pronoun (Tag Code = O)

Full Word Abbreviation Tag Code

Class common comm. C

properName proper P

Person first 1 1

second 2 2

third 3 3

Gender masculine masc M

feminine fem F

common comm C

Number singular sing S

plural plur P

Suffix (Tag Code = S)

Full Word Abbreviation Tag Code

Person first 1 1

second 2 2

third 3 3

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 Full Word Abbreviation Tag Code

paragogicHeb paragogicH H

directionalHeh directional D

paragogicNun paragogicN N

Class energicNun energicN E

Gender masculine masc M

feminine fem F

common comm C

Number singular sing S

plural plur P

Verb (Tag Code = V)

Note
The H and A on the pealal and polel are added to distinguish these stems from others of similar name, or
beginning with the same letters, since the Aramaic and Hebrew are distinct.

• The participle and passiveParticiple are separate tags. Therefore, to find all participles you should search for (participle,
passiveParticiple).
• The Other tags can only be accessed when perfect, imperfect or wawConsecutive are selected.
• Cohortative heh is no longer used in the latest versions of the Hebrew Bible.

Full Word Abbreviation Tag Code

Hebrew stem qal qal Q

nifal nif N

piel piel P

pual pual U

hitpael hitpael T

hifil hif H

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 Full Word Abbreviation Tag Code

hofal hof O

passiveQal passiveQal S

palel palel A

Hpealal (pealal) Hpealal B

pilel pilel C

pilpel pilpel D

polel polel E

poel poel K

tifil tifil M

polal polal F

polpal polpal G

pulal pulal I

poal poal L

hotpaal hotpal Y

hitpolel hitpolel V

hitpalpel hitpalp W

hishtafel hishtaf Z

nitpael nitpael X

nitpalpel nitpal 7

nitpoel nitpoel 8

hitpoel hitpoel 9

Aramaic stem aphel aph ¡

haphel haph ¬
hishtaphel hishtaph »

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 Full Word Abbreviation Tag Code

hithaphel hithaph ≈
hithpaal hithpaal ”
hithpalpel hithpalp ‘
hithpeel hithpe Δ
hithpolel hithpol «
hophal hoph ƒ
ishtaphel ishtaph …
ithpaal ithpaal À
ithpeel ithpeel Ã
ithpoel ithpoel ÷
pael pael Õ
peal peal Œ
peil peil œ
Apolel (polel) Apolel –
saphel saph —
shaphel shaph “
Apoel Apoel 1

palpel palpel 2

ithpalpel ithpalp 3

ithpolel ithpol 4

ittaphal ittaph 5

quadriradical Quad 6

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 Full Word Abbreviation Tag Code

istaphel istaph β
Aspect perfect perf P

imperfect imperf I

wawConsecutive wawConsec W

imperative impera V

infinitiveConstruct infinitiveConst C

infinitiveAbsolute infinitiveAbs A

participle part T

passiveParticiple passiveP S

Person first 1 1

second 2 2

third 3 3

Gender masculine masc M

feminine fem F

common comm C

Number singular sing S

plural plur P

State construct const C

determined deter D

Other apocopated apoc J

consecutive consec S

jussive both jussiveB E

jussive form jussiveF F

jussive meaning jussiveM G

cohortative both cohortativeB X

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 Full Word Abbreviation Tag Code

cohortative form cohortativeF Y

cohortative meaning cohortativeM Z

cohortative heh cohortativeH H

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