The Hebrew Vav: It's Purpose and Function In learning Hebrew, before finding your system, I discovered how the Vav functions through vocabulary study and the dictionary. These patterns continued repeating. Today, Hebrew is a definitive Language, but originally, Hebrew was a Conceptual language using pictures to convey ideas or concepts. Every Paleo-Hebrew Letter is an image of some thing. It also had a syllabic structure, where the pronunciation is the spelling, no difference from pronunciation to writing. Alef is a Bull, with attributes. Beyt is a House, Tent or Dwelling, with attributes. Beyt could be a verb 'to Live' or 'To dwell' Gimel is a leg, with attributes, stand, walk, run, jump, kick Dalet is an entrance for one person at a time Zine/Zayin is a Plow, with attributes, 'to dig', a Furrow with two heaps. The Vav: The Paleo-Hebrew Vav is a picture of a Tent Stake. The image of the item is the Primary definition of this letter/word. The Tent Stake has attributes, to connect the tent to the ground, and to strengthen the tent. In the Hebrew dictionary Vav never begins a word, this entry is mostly blank, exceptions are for modern inventions. In between two words, the vav links these words, connecting them, together. This makes it possible to use a word after, which applies to the following word, and link it to the previous word also. Word1 Vav Word2 Word3. Word2 normally would apply to word3 only, but by using the Vav between word1 and word2, now word2 also applies now to word1, retroactively. Inside of a word, the Vav strengthens the word. As an example, the words Shalem and Shalom. Shalem, without a Vav, and Shalom with a Vav. Because of the Vav, both words have similar definitions, linked by the Vav. These two words are connected. In searching the available definitions for these two words, which definitions are similar, where one of them is a stronger form of the same type of definition? For Shalem, 'I owe a debt'. For Shalom, 'I've paid my debt'. What is stronger than owing a debt, except to be free of debt? Understanding how the Vav functions, shows these to be the definitions of these two words. No semantic argument is possible to change these definitions. The Vav is evidence for the correct definitions. While today, Modern Hebrew doesn't use this structure in that form, in the past, this was the method for the function of the Vav.
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The Hebrew Vav: It's Purpose and Function
In learning Hebrew, before finding your system, I discovered how the Vav functions through vocabulary study and the dictionary.
These patterns continued repeating.
Today, Hebrew is a definitive Language, but originally, Hebrew was a Conceptual language using pictures to convey ideas or concepts. Every Paleo-Hebrew Letter is an image of some thing. It also had a syllabic structure, where the pronunciation is the spelling, no difference from pronunciation to writing.
Alef is a Bull, with attributes.
Beyt is a House, Tent or Dwelling, with attributes. Beyt could be a verb 'to Live' or 'To dwell'
Gimel is a leg, with attributes, stand, walk, run, jump, kick
Dalet is an entrance for one person at a time
Zine/Zayin is a Plow, with attributes, 'to dig', a Furrow with two heaps.
The Vav:
The Paleo-Hebrew Vav is a picture of a Tent Stake.
The image of the item is the Primary definition of this letter/word.
The Tent Stake has attributes, to connect the tent to the ground, and to strengthen the tent.
In the Hebrew dictionary Vav never begins a word, this entry is mostly blank, exceptions are for modern inventions.
In between two words, the vav links these words, connecting them, together.
This makes it possible to use a word after, which applies to the following word, and link it to the previous word also.
Word1 Vav Word2 Word3.
Word2 normally would apply to word3 only, but by using the Vav between word1 and word2, now word2 also applies now to word1, retroactively.
Inside of a word, the Vav strengthens the word.
As an example, the words Shalem and Shalom.
Shalem, without a Vav, and Shalom with a Vav.
Because of the Vav, both words have similar definitions, linked by the Vav.
These two words are connected. In searching the available definitions for these two words, which definitions are similar, where one of them is a stronger form of the same type of definition?
For Shalem, 'I owe a debt'.
For Shalom, 'I've paid my debt'.
What is stronger than owing a debt, except to be free of debt?
Understanding how the Vav functions, shows these to be the definitions of these two words.
No semantic argument is possible to change these definitions.
The Vav is evidence for the correct definitions.
While today, Modern Hebrew doesn't use this structure in that form, in the past, this was the method for the function of the Vav.
So we read and listen and learn grammar right?
Reading and listening (input) is one side of the coin, speaking and writing is the other side of the coin (output).
@LanguageMatrix so should we studing grammar itself?