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PAN AFRICA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
                   SCHOL OF THEOLOGY

   END OF SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF
        BACHELOR OF ARTS IN BIBLE AND THEOLOGY
               JANUARY – APRIL 2023

CAMPUS:         ROYSAMBU
DEPARTMENT:   BIBLICAL AND THEOLOGICAL STUDIES

COURSE CODE:  BTH3343
COURSE TITLE:  BIBLICAL HEBREW 1

EXAM DATE:
TIME:
TIME ALLOWED: 3 HRS

Instructions: Answer all questions
 
1.  Give the name and transliteration of each of the 23 Hebrew consonants listed below. Three are already done, as examples. (10 marks)

Letter                      Name                    Transliteration
א                            Alef                      ^כ                  
ב                           
ג                           
ד                                                       
ה                                
ו                                                       
ז                                                      
ח                                                      
ט                                                           
י                                                         
כ                                                       
ל                           Lamed                     l                                             
מ                                              
נ                                                      
ס                                                    
ע                                                              
פ                                     
צ                                
ק                                                       
ר                                                         
שׂ                                                           
שׁ                                                     
ת                          Taw                      t                                                        

2a. Give the names of the five short Hebrew vowels. The first one is given as an example. (2 marks)

         Class                                          Vowel Name
i)        ‘a’                                               Patach
ii)       ‘e’
iii)       ‘i’
iv)       ‘o’
v)        ‘u’

2b. Write the names of the Hebrew consonants that have final forms. (2 Marks)
i)         Kaf
ii)
iii)
iv)
v)
 
2c.  Write the names of the Hebrew characters known as BEGADKEFAT. (3 marks)
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
v)
vi)

3a) Using transliteration and forward slashes (/), syllabify the following words. (4 marks) 
i)   דְּבָרִים
ii)  מַיִם
      iii)  תְּפִלָּה
      iv)  מַלְכָּה 

3 b) Indicate beside each of the following words whether the shewa is vocal or silent. Give the reasons why you think it is one and not the other. (5 marks)
     i)    פַּרְעֹה
     ii)   בְּרִית
     iii)  הַמְּלָכִים
     iv)  The first shewa in the word מִשְׁפְּטֵי
     v)  The second shewa in the word כָּתַבְתְּ

4a) Translate the four nouns below that have inseparable prepositions attached to them. (4 marks) 

i)     כַאֲנָשִׁים

ii)      לְנָבִיא

iii)    בַּשָּׂדֶה

      iv)    מֵאִישׁ

4b) Translate the following Independent Personal Pronouns:  (5 marks)
       i)       אְַנִי
       ii)      אַתָּה
       iii)      אַתְּ
       iv)      הוּא
       v)       הִיא
       vi)      אְַנַ֫חְנוּ
       vii)     אַתֶּם
       viii)    אַתֵּ֫נָה
        ix)       הֵם
        x)        הֵן

5) Translate the following words: (5 marks) 

i)  סוּסוֹ 

ii)  אַחִי

iii)  לָהּ

iv)  עַמִּי

v) אַרְבָּעִים