What is an adjective?What is an adjective?

A word that modifies, describes, A word that modifies, describes, or characterizes a nounor characterizes a noun

What is an adjective?What is an adjective?

Loving GodLoving GodGood kingGood king

Righteous judgeRighteous judgeSinful manSinful man

Adjectives change their forms to Adjectives change their forms to indicate gender and numberindicate gender and number

MasculineMasculine FeminineFeminine

vyaih' vyaih' bwOjbwOj

The man is The man is goodgood

bwOj bwOj vyaih'vyaih'

hb'wOj hb'wOj hv'yaih' hv'yaih'

The woman is The woman is goodgood

hv'yaih' hv'yaih' hb'wOjhb'wOj

Attributive Attributive UseUse

Predicative Predicative UseUse

bwOjh; bwOjh; vyaih'vyaih'

The man is goodThe man is good

vyaih' vyaih' bwOjbwOj

The good manThe good man

Comes after the noun Comes after the noun it modifies; agrees in it modifies; agrees in

definitenessdefiniteness

Usually precedes the Usually precedes the noun but does not noun but does not have the definite have the definite

articlearticle

bwOjh; bwOjh; vyaih'vyaih'

The good manThe good man

Attributive order can be Attributive order can be reversed for emphasisreversed for emphasis

vyaih' vyaih' bwOjh;bwOjh;

The The goodgood man man (emphasis upon (emphasis upon the word “good”)the word “good”)

The substantive use of the The substantive use of the adjective is when the adjective adjective is when the adjective

is used in place of a noun that is is used in place of a noun that is merely understood merely understood

bwObwOjh;jh;

““The good man”The good man”oror

“the good thing”“the good thing”

Substantive Use of the Substantive Use of the AdjectiveAdjective

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown. (Genesis 6:4)

~yrI~yrI±Bo±BoGIh; GIh;

Indicates the idea of motion toward Indicates the idea of motion toward someone or something someone or something

#r<a'#r<a'h'-la,h'-la, To (toward) the landTo (toward) the land

Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go forth from your country, and from your relatives and from your father’s house, to the land

which I will show you” (Genesis 12:1).

Indicates the idea of motion toward Indicates the idea of motion toward someone or something someone or something

hc'r>hc'r>a;,a;, To (toward) the landTo (toward) the land

Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew… and they set out for the land of

Canaan; thus they came to the land of Canaan. (Genesis 12:5).

~r"a] hn"D<P; ~r"a] hn"D<P; %le ~Wq%le ~Wq

laeWtb. ht'yBelaeWtb. ht'yBe(Genesis 28:2)

AriseGoTo Padan

Aram

To the house

Of Bethuel

hc'r>a; bC'mu hc'r>a; bC'mu ~L'su hNEhiw> ~L'su hNEhiw> hm'y>m'V'h; hm'y>m'V'h;

[:yGIm; [:yGIm; Avarow>Avarow>(Genesis 28:12)

And behold

a ladder

standingto the earth

and its head (top)

touchingto the heavens

For the LORD is a great God For the LORD is a great God And a great King above all gods And a great King above all gods

(Psalm 95:3).(Psalm 95:3).

hw"+hy> hw"+hy> lAdåG" laeä lAdåG" laeä

yKiÛ yKiÛ `~yhi(l{a/-lK'-l[; `~yhi(l{a/-lK'-l[; lAdªG"÷ %l,m,îWlAdªG"÷ %l,m,îW

dx'a, dx'a, One

dx'a, dx'a, hw"hy> hw"hy> laer"f.yI laer"f.yI

[m;v.[m;v.dx'a, hw"hy> dx'a, hw"hy>

Wnyhel{a/Wnyhel{a/(Deuteronomy 6:4)

lAdG"lAdG"Great

hL'hL'D; D;

Poor

lD; lD; or

!qez" !qez" Old

!!q'q'z" z"

BB Beard Beard

!qez" !qez" ~ynIqez> hr"f'w>

~h'r"b.a;w> ~ymiY"B; ~yaiB'

And Abraham

And Sarah

they were old

they came

in years

Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age (Genesis 18:11)

~k'x'~k'x'Wise

hm'khm'k.x' .x'

BB Wisdom Wisdom

~k'x'~k'x'Do not be wise in your own eyes;

Fear the LORD and turn away from evil. (Proverbs 3:7).

bAj bAj Good

bAj bAj Better is a poor man who walks in his integrityThan he who is perverse in speech and is a fool. (Proverbs 19:1).

vr"-bAj vr"-bAj

hp,y" hp,y" Beautiful

hp,y" hp,y" And it came about when he came

near to Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “See now, I know that you are a

beautiful woman” (Genesis 12:11).

hp,y" hp,y" Now Joseph was handsome in form Now Joseph was handsome in form

and appearance (Genesis 39:6).and appearance (Genesis 39:6).

ra;to-hpey> ra;to-hpey> @seêAy @seêAy

yhiäy>w:yhiäy>w:`ha,r>m; `ha,r>m; hpeywIhpeywI

rv'y" rv'y" Upright, straight

rv'y" rv'y" Be glad in the LORD and rejoice,

you righteous ones;And shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart. (Psalm 32:11).

!Ke !Ke So, thus, therefore

daom. daom. Very much

daom. daom. And God saw every thing that he had And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, made, and, behold, it was it was very good very good

(Genesis 1:31).(Genesis 1:31).

dao+m. dao+m. bAjß-bAjß-

hNEhiw> hNEhiw>

j[;m. j[;m. Few, little

hT'[;hT'[;At last, after all

qyDIc; qyDIc; Righteous

vd,qovd,qoHoliness

vAdq' vAdq' Holy

l[; tr<PoK;h;-ta, l[; tr<PoK;h;-ta, T't;n"w> T't;n"w> ~yvid"Q\h; ~yvid"Q\h; vd<qoB. vd<qoB.

tdU[eh' !Ara]tdU[eh' !Ara](Exodus 26:34)

You shall give

the coveringon

arkof the testimony

in the holy

of holies

!j'q'!j'q'Small, young

!j'q'!j'q'God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night (Genesis 1:16).

!j'q'!j'q'When Noah awoke from his wine, he knew what his youngest son had done to him. (Genesis 9:24).

br;q'br;q'Come near

bwOrqbwOrq''

Near

hv,q'hv,q'Difficult

hv,q'hv,q'…and they made their lives bitter

with hard labor in mortar and bricks and at all kinds of labor in

the field, all their labors which they rigorously imposed on them

(Exodus 1:14).

qAxr' qAxr' Distant

br; br; Great

From which is derived “rabbi”From which is derived “rabbi”

Evil

[r[re e Not to be confused withNot to be confused with

which means “companion”which means “companion”

[r;[r;

[r"w" bAj [r"w" bAj t[;D:h; #[et[;D:h; #[eTreeof the

knowledge(of)

goodand evil

(Genesis 2:9)(Genesis 2:9)

Then the LORD saw that the Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only the thoughts of his heart was only

evil continually (Genesis 6:5).evil continually (Genesis 6:5).

~AYh;-lK' ~AYh;-lK' [r:[r:

[v'r'[v'r'Wicked

ryviryviSong

~yrIyVih; ~yrIyVih; ryviryvi Song

hmol{v.li hmol{v.li rv,a]rv,a]

of songs

which(is) to Solomon