Hebrew AdjectivesAs they would be in English, adjectives are words that add additional information or color to a noun. For instance, טוֹב (good) is a relatively common adjective which you would see in a term like יוֹם טוֹב, meaning 'good day'. Note from this example that the adjective appears after the noun rather than before it. The adjective also follows the gender of the noun being used, so in the previous example, the masculine noun means the adjective form is also masculine. However, with a feminine noun like אֶרֶץ ('land'), you would see טוֹבָה used to create the phrase אֶרֶץ טוֹבָה ('good land') it in the feminine form. In addition to managing the gender of an noun, the adjective also matches the number as well. In other words, in the previous examples, because the noun is singular, the adjective is also used in the same form. If on the other hand the noun is plural, then the adjective will be the same. As an example, the word בֵית (house) is singular, becoming בָּתִּים when used in the plural. Note the addition of ים which is the character that creates a plural noun. A similar situation applies to the adjective, hence the phrase for 'good houses' would be בָּתִּים טוֹבִים. Introduction to Reading Hebrew The first basics The Hebrew AlephBet The Letters of the AlephBet Aleph Bet (Beyt) Gimmel Dalet Hey Vav Zayin Chet Tet Yod Kaf Lamed Mem Nun Samekh Ayin Pey (Fey) Tsade (Tsadik) Qof Resh Shin Tav The Significance of the Alephbet The Basics of Hebrew Verbs The Hebrew Verb Subject The Hebrew Verb Object Hebrew Verb Tenses Hebrew Verb Voices and Moods Hebrew Verb Participles The Infinite Verb Version Hebrew Nouns Hebrew Noun Constructs Using Prefixes With Nouns Hebrew Pronouns Hebrew Plural Nouns Hebrew Adjectives Identifying Hebrew Questions Adverbs, Prepositions and Conjunctions Hebrew Reading Conclusion |