Qamets Hatuph occurs much less frequently than Qamets in the Biblical Hebrew. There are about 7717 occurrences of Qamets Hatuph in the Hebrew Bible; but there are 144303 occurrences of Qamets (18.7 times more than Qamets Hatuph) in the
Hebrew Bible.
Of the 7717 occurrences of Qamets Hatuph, 4347 are כׇּל; 136 are inflected forms of קֹ֫דֶשׁ; about 54 are Hophal verbs. There are many of Qal infinitive constructs or
imperfect/imperative verbs that have the stem vowel Holem reduced to Qamets Hatuph when a suffix is attached.
[The statistics are from searching this file as well as from searching on
Accordance.]
This is also the best place to check your answer. When you see your answer look identical to the answer key but is marked as incorrect by Canvas, you may copy and paste your answer as well as the answer key to the input box. Then you will be
able to see the differences between the two.
Apps for Reading the Hebrew Bible
If you have budget, Logos and Accordance are the best apps for biblical study.
Many schools (including SBTS) offer a free Logos package for their students.
Logos has much more resources than Accordance, and it's mobile app is very good for readings. Logos also has good tools for sermon prep and sermon outline print.
On the other hand, I found Accordance is superb in searching Hebrew and Greek.
Many grammar books distinguish regular waw + perfect from perfect (waw) consecutive. Accordance has this distingtion, but Logos does not.
Logos has different parsing codes in different modules: In the BHS modle, both are parsed simply as the conjunction waw + perfect; in the LHB modle, both are parsed as wƏqātal.
Example 1: וַאֲנִי֙ זָקַ֣נְתִּי וָשַׂ֔בְתִּי (1 Sam 12:2). If you hover the curser over וָשַׂ֔בְתִּי,
In Logos
In the BHS module, it will show you: וְ;conjunction;שׂיב;verb,Qal,perfect,first person,singular
In the LHB module, it will show you: וְ;conjunction;שׂיב;verb,wƏqātal (waw +
perfect),first person,singular;and;gray
In Accordance
Waw and שַׂ֔בְתִּי are separate. If you hover the curser over שַׂ֔בְתִּי, It will show you: שַׂ֔בְתִּי savti שׂיב syv Verb qal perf 1 com sing to be gray-haired, hoary (Predicate)
Example 2: וְעָלָה֩ הָאִ֨ישׁ הַה֤וּא (1 Sam 1:3). If you hover the curser over וְעָלָה֩,
In Logos
In the BHS module, it will show you: וְ;conjunction;עלה;verb,Qal,perfect,third person,masculine,singular
In the LHB module, it will show you: וְ;conjunction;עלה;verb,wƏqātal (waw +
perfect),third person,masculine,singular;and;go up
In Accordance
Waw and וְעָלָה֩ are separate. If you hover the curser over וְעָלָה֩, It will show you: עָלָה֩ ʿalah עלה ʿlh Verb qal perf 3 masc sing consecto go up (Predicate)
Notice how Accordance parses the two example verbs differently, but Logos parse both example verbs in the same way but differently in differnt modules.
There are also free resources available for reading the Hebrew Bible.
The Unique Bible App is available in all platforms. It's Hebrew Bible contains phonology, morphology and syntax database. It can also read the Hebrew Bible for you.
The Bible Hub website also contains the Hebrew Bible with phonology, morphology, and syntax database.
Most are paradigm practice sheets. The page also offers some additional information.
Supplements
Disclaimer: The information below is NOT intended to replace any of the information/requirements posted on Canvas! It should be regarded and used as optional supplements.
The information below contains some extra information that I think might be helpful to you. Most information will be posted in the weekly announcements.
Therefore, it is best to take this page as a quick reference resource.
Some of you work ahead of the schedule. It is also helpful to read the announcements to be posted so that you don't miss any important information.
Many of you ask good questions. When I receive these questions from you, I might add my answers to those questions here, so that other students can see and benefit from them.
Not all chapters have information.
If there is no information under "Requirements", it does not mean there are "no requirements" for the chapter. It only means I don't have any special reminders.