Introduction to Hebrew Participles Hebrew participles are
“verbal adjectives,” meaning that they function like adjectives
though they are constructed from verbs. Participles use the same
endings you have learned for nouns and adjectives, so learning
their inflections is easy. Hebrew participles have the following
properties: - Gender: (masculine or feminine) - Number:
(singular or plural) - Definiteness: (article or no article) -
Voice: (active or passive) The active voice indicates that the
subject is the doer of the action: “John hits the ball.” (John
acts, namely, by hitting the ball) The passive voice indicates
that the subject is acted upon by the verb: “John was hit by the
ball” (John is acted upon) Notice that in English the voice of
the verb changes the form of the verb: hits --> was hit. The
same sort of thing happens in Hebrew, where you will see
spelling changes for passive voice participles (in Biblical
Hebrew, most participles you will encounter are Qal active
participles (the simple or base form