Clause Introducers

Waw Copulativum

The conjunction ו is proclitic.

It connects with the following word to form a unit.

The normal form is the Wawwith Schwa.

w>

~yhiloa/ x:Wr the Spirit of God

~yhiloa/ x:Wrw> and the Spirit of God

Before article unchanged #r<a'h' + w > #r<a'h'w>Before the consonants Bet (b),

Waw (w), Mem (m) and Pe (p)

(Mnemonic word: BUMAF) and

rq,Bo + w > rq,boW

Before Schwa mobile is w> to W. laeWmv. + w > laeWmv.W

Before y> contraction to long i hd"Why> + w > hd"WhywIBefore Chatéf-vowel of the

corresponding full-vowel tm,a/ + w > tm,a/w<

Before ~yhil{a/ long e ~yhil{a/ + w > ~yhil{awE)

Before yn"doa] yn"doa] + w > yn"doaw:)

Before hwhy as before yn"doa] hw"hy> + w > hw"hyw:Before the stressed syllable with

preceding Qámes Whboñw" WhTo

We will come back to this later.

We will come back to this later.

מי (who?)

מה־ (what?)

מיafter nominal in construct

־מיןב whose son?

after prepositions

מי ל for whom?

after ־ת־מיא whom?

מה־

־תאמה־ז What is this?

before gutturals and Resch

ה־ נושא מ What is a man?

ה־ שי־ת ע מ What have you done?

ה רהז ב מה־הד What is this thing?

Examples of Interrogative Pronouns