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Hebrew Morphology Codes

Part of Speech

A	adjective	type ¹			gender	number	state
C	conjunction
D	adverb
N	noun	type			gender	number	state
P	pronoun	type		person ²	gender	number
R	preposition	type ³
S	suffix	type		person	gender	number
T	particle	type
V	verb	type	stem	person ⁴	gender	number	state ⁴

Type and verb stem are unique to each part of speech, effectively producing a much longer list of two-letter codes.
Person, gender, number and state are the same wherever they apply.
The preposition type is only used when the inseparable preposition is pointed in such a way to indicate the presence of the definite article.
Generally verbs require no state. Participles, on the other hand, require no person, though they do take a state.
Use 'x' as a placeholder for unknown or unnecessary values, but only if there is a necessary value following it. Finite verbs (perfect, imperfect) have person, but non-finite verbs (participle, infinitive) do not. Example: Gen 2:4 H428

Verb Stems (Hebrew)

q	qal
N	niphal
p	piel
P	pual
h	hiphil
H	hophal
t	hithpael
o	polel
O	polal
r	hithpolel
m	poel
M	poal
k	palel
K	pulal

Q	qal passive
l	pilpel
L	polpal
f	hithpalpel
D	nithpael
j	pealal
i	pilel
u	hothpaal
c	tiphil
v	hishtaphel
w	nithpalel
y	nithpoel
z	hithpoel

Verb Stems (Aramaic)

q	peal
Q	peil
u	hithpeel
p	pael
P	ithpaal
M	hithpaal
a	aphel
h	haphel
s	saphel
e	shaphel
H	hophal
i	ithpeel
t	hishtaphel

v	ishtaphel
w	hithaphel
o	polel
z	ithpoel
r	hithpolel
f	hithpalpel
b	hephal
c	tiphel
m	poel
l	palpel
L	ithpalpel
O	ithpolel
G	ittaphal

Verb Conjugation Types

p	perfect (qatal)
q	sequential perfect (weqatal)
i	imperfect (yiqtol)
w	sequential imperfect (wayyiqtol)
h	cohortative
j	jussive
v	imperative
r	participle active
s	participle passive
a	infinitive absolute
c	infinitive construct

Adjective Types

a	adjective
c	cardinal number
g	gentilic
o	ordinal number

Noun Types

c	common
g	gentilic
p	proper name

Pronoun Types

d	demonstrative
f	indefinite
i	interrogative
p	personal
r	relative

Preposition Types

d	definite article

Suffix Types

d	directional he
h	paragogic he
n	paragogic nun
p	pronomial

Particle Types

a	affirmation
d	definite article
e	exhortation
i	interrogative
j	interjection
m	demonstrative
n	negative
o	direct object marker
r	relative

Person

1	first
2	second
3	third

Gender

b	both (noun)
c	common (verb)
f	feminine
m	masculine

Number

d	dual
p	plural
s	singular

State

a	absolute
c	contruct
d	determined

Language

H	Hebrew
A	Aramaic

One language code is prefixed to the entire morphological parsing string, including prefixes, main word and suffixes.

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